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Not too many mass producers of crooked knives out there because it is such a custom tool. Guess you should ask yourself what you really intend to use it for? Many serious carvers have more than one blade shape since shaving down a flat surface (like a paddle blade) is a bit better with a longer...

Congrats to all the winners! In lieu of a skill testing question to claim the prize, maybe we should require the recipients to post a photo using their new gear.

Kudos to the cake artist for a lovely creation and congrats to the recipient!

Appreciate the responses so far. CanotRouge, thanks for posting the plans for your bungee paddle holder. Got lots of little blocks that would be perfect for this. Also like your thickness calipers. GGTBod, looking forward to seeing your kuksa when complete. I carved two, one from green birch...

Lots of talented woodworkers are here on the forum. Hoping folks will use this thread to post some of their scrap wood project ideas. I'm looking to pass the winter by using up my pile of hardwood cutoffs. Just finished making a sanding tool modeled after the "MacFarlane Bow Sander". Mine has...

Rob Stevens posting this link over on the WCHA forums. It's a short film called "Vessels of Memory" profiling Douglas Ingram of Red River Canoe. Quite the number of projects going on in his shop.

There's a new canoe book just released that might interest some folks - Canoes: A Natural History in North America by Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims. Canoes: A Natural History in North America Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims Foreword by John McPhee ISBN 978-0-8166-8117-4 416 pages, 95 b&w plates, 228...

Here's a neat silent video documenting the harvest and processing of porpoise oil by the Mi'kmaq people of Nova Scotia. Some paddling action starts around the 7:50 mark featuring rare footage of an ocean going birchbark canoe... The Retro Ontario channel has some short clips featuring Omer...

Hi Rob. Looking forward to seeing your posts and vids in the future too. Very curious about your basic tarp shelters and experience with simple bushcraft living.

Outstanding pics and trip video, Robin! Looks like you handled everything nature threw at you in comfort. Never get tired of seeing your custom hot tent in use. I'm totally inspired to try and customize something similar. Did you ever post what the weight difference was before and after your...

Sorry Alan, didn't mean to lure you back to the carnivore side with that burger. :) Feel pretty lucky that I can drive down and be on the water in about 15 minutes. At the very least can head down for a bit just to recharge the inner batteries. The paddles worked well for my paddling needs /...

Now that's a really smart re-purposing of your yoke. Good stuff.

Beautiful shots. Really like that sunset!

So sorry that the perp stole your zav paddles. Like others, I'm in awe of your trip and what you accomplished. Just the road trip to get up there and back sounds pretty epic. Doubt there are many carbon fiber paddles that far north so they should stand out. Hopefully justice will be served and...

Southern Ontario was blessed with warm temperatures this past week. Got the chance to take my 14' Chesnut out for a little paddle to the Toronto Islands again. September has been an exhausting month so the main purpose of the trip was to de-stress and take the chance to test some recently...

Welcome to the site, GreenFrog! I was going to mention Hoop's channel too. Lots of premium stuff from a real expert of the boreal forest. A few others with a tripping theme... The father and son team from Explore the Backcountry has well done production vids about excursions (mostly around...

Wow. Wonderful read from start to finish. Great trip with stunning, magical views. I feel your frustration with the mounds of human waste decorating the backcountry. A few biotech companies have stared up canine DNA databases so that folks can identify culprit pooches by their waste left behind...

Fantastic journey so far. Loving the photos! Thanks Alan & Sadie!

If anyone is interested, the June 2015 issue of Woodworkers Journal featured a tutorial on carving a canoe paddle. For the time being, the article still also appears online on their website. . The paddle plans are in *.pdf format and can be downloaded by clicking here.