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My son is going to treasure that knife when he inherits it.

It's looking great so far, it's going to look sharp when you're done.

I don't mean to be rude, but I'd rather he didn't put your initials on the sheath for my new knife. :)

Welcome to the forum, sounds like you know what you like and aren't afraid to make things happen.

Playing around in a small cave along the Meramec River.

Good points Jim, but with a family of five plus a "dog like creature" I doubt I'll find myself short of company in the big canoe! Besides, even if I only use it on our annual trip and use the small canoes the rest of the year it's still worth having for that one week long trip a year. :) (says...

It's not exactly mentally stimulating, but I just finished reading "Never sniff a gift fish" by Patrick McManus. I think next I'll finally get back to reading "A new voyage round the world" by William Dampier, originally published in 1697

Nice!! I must admit though, I'm not much of a portage paddler. I like to keep my paddle trips and my hiking trips separated ;)

I'll definitely share my build, whatever I build next. :) That 32 footer would be a nice solo boat for the small, crooked mountain streams ;)

Weight is a very minor issue to me as I trailer mine and back down to the water so I rarely carry a canoe more than a few yards. My 16ft Stitch and Glue flat bottom weighs over 90 lbs, but it's built for abuse when the river is low. It has one layer of 6oz inside and the outside is 10oz with a...

That's perfect, thanks a ton! I really like the sheer line of that hull too. I also like the "Gilpatrick / Hazen" method of building without an internal stem (I know, touchy subject for some builders...) :)

You can stretch the stations to a degree, but there's a limit as to how far apart you want them to go. The distance varies between different designers and builders, but for me I have found that I like to keep the stations no more than about 18-20" apart using staples and less if building without...

My wife and I have three small children, 7yr old twin girls and a 4yr old boy. Currently when we go out we each take a canoe and split the children (unevenly of course as she frowns on the idea of cutting one child in half). I've seen a few large canoes that would handle the whole crew, but...

That's a cool toy, all I can afford is memories though. Usually they are better than pics for myself, but harder to share with online friends.

Nice report, thanks for sharing. We are planning this trip for possibly late summer this year or sometime in 2017. Our kids are finally old enough for multi-day trips it's just a matter of deciding which trips to cross off the list first since we can only really do one out of state trip a year.

Ouch! I'm glad you didn't lose a finger! I've made many mistakes over the years that afterwards I just couldn't figure out how or why I did what I did. It's comforting to know I am not alone.

I'm not really know for my shyness :)

Money sent today via paypal, my initials are GS in case you want to get started on the sheath a little early ;)

I'm sure you did! It's not exactly paddling season around here :)

Thanks again for the warm welcomes. Happy New Year everyone.