Woodstrip canoe

Very nice! Is it mostly mahogany?

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

No as a matter of fact, there is no mahigany on it. Mostly Red cedar, ash, Pecan gunwales, and purple heart trim.

-- Dan

Cool!! How long did the construction take?

-- Carl Rast, Pelion, SC

Nice work Dan, I’m guessing you did the camper to? Make your own lures? Bet the fish hide when you show up!

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)

Nice, I have always wanted to do a cedar strip like that. What plan is it?

-- Brian's Table Top Toys http://home.mountaincable.net/~bgraham/

REally nice work there Dan. How heavy is it?

-- Chris

Great job on the canoe.

-- Maplewood, MN

Thanks for all the compliments. It is a 17 1/2 ft long “redbird” pattern from Newfound Boatworks in New Hampshire. It weighs 65 # and took about 150 hours.
Les, I do make my own flies for fly fishing!

-- Dan

I love these things, Dan! Really great job!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Beautiful….I like the teardrop camper too.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Nice. Wooden canoes are so cool.
I spent a week in the Boundery Waters. It is something I will remember all my life.

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

beautiful.
You must really enjoy slipping it into the water.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Beautiful, I’ve always wanted to build one, but someday maybe.

I ripped a bunch of Redwood strips for a friend once, but that’s as close I’ve gotten.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Very nice canoe. A great job. looks like a great construction project.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Wow, what a fun and rewarding project. Beautiful work.

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Great watercraft… it’s just the kind of project that sits in the back of my mind and won’t go away. After looking at your other projects, I assume you’ll be posting photos of your fishing rod soon?

-- It's not that a craftsman never makes mistakes, he just makes it look like it.

Nice work Dan, proven and tested as well.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Ahhh! The boundary waters of Minnesota. I answered the call that set my life direction on a week long trip in the boundary waters. I’m not sure I have been in a canoe since, but the yearning to build a canoe like yours and get back on the water has never left me. Some day.

Beautiful!

Thanks for sharing

-- Paul, Texas