Cheeseandbeans

I've come to enjoy building canoes during the winter and experimenting with different wood combinations. The decision of what to build...

I picked this up at a thrift store today. It did not come with a SVEA 123 stove. Had anyone tried one with a modern backpacking stove...

Headwaters Canoe, We have a neat comparison of three different canoes of the same model in the shop this week - probably the most famous...

I am lucky to have a single car garage attached to side of my house that I have converted into a canoe shop with heat. I have been off...

Erica, if you are ever interested in attending Canoecopia you should request a spot as a presenter. This saga would go over very well...

Connecting Day In my struggle to pull the packs off the train tracks and down the embankment, my body, without permission from me, did...

Megiscane - Day 4 I got up early this morning, energized by visions of actually starting this trip. I would gather all my bags...

2025 - The Day After The night I was dropped off by the side of the tracks was so horrible I have been unable to write about it. It...

Part 2 It all started 30 years ago with this book: We had learned tandem whitewater on the upper Hudson River with Jerry Jenkins, a...

A unique owner operated solo woodshop, he can build you a canoe, beautiful hand crafted paddles and more, mostly by hand with minimal...

I miss his videos. I have seen them all a few times. They do make great saws. Bob

Silky makes the best pruning saws, in my experience, and in many sizes. I've had a 14.2" curved blade Silky BIGBOY 2000 and a 9.5"...

I agree completely. I never tire of living in isolated wilderness. In January of 1999, Kathleen and I flew to a one-room cabin 100 km...

Just finishing up 'The Gales of November' by Bacon about the Edmund Fitzgerald. Great read with a lot of backstory about the economics...

In case anyone has any interest. Here are some photos of my SOF builds from this summer season