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That's a good question that I've been wondering myself. Typically the shellack is applied to the filled canvas. The paint on the OT was...

I do the same with my treble hooks. On some lures I'll remove one of the hooks from the treble. On my six inch floating Rapala I removed...

Why the hurry to restore? If the boat is pretty much watertight and there is no rotting wood anywhere you can enjoy more carefree...

Barbless hooks paid off in this situation. This guy was able to remove the hook by himself, to my relief.

Very nice boat. Here's a couple thoughts I have. Take it on a trip before you have it restored. The inevitable scratches you will get...

“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.” Mike Tyson Stay home.

Dude I have watched most seasons of Alone on the history channel. So I know exactly what will happen. I will likely starve to death or...

I grew up on Canadian air force bases, my Dad was a radar technician. Nuclear war was a daily reality for us. Because we were the base...

some time ago ... I build one . . . . .

My crooked knife journey continues. Until I moved to Maine the only crooked knives I had seen were in museums and books and descriptions...

When a bad storm blew up on Long Like I had to get off the lake fast. My old cheap "clearance" tent.

This is the tent I used on the Cree River and will be going with me to the Megiscane. It isn’t exactly on a canoe trip. It is set up...

Hi Benson, thanks for your insight on Shaw and Tenney! Our son is a forestry professor at U Maine so I have had the privilege of talking...

Bert Call photograph taken c. 1930 at Chesuncook Lake, Maine. The three young men are looking east at storm clouds gathering over the...

How many feet are sticking out from under that parasol? I'd guess the spiffy gentleman would sit behind the Victrola on what looks like...