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Re: rawhide lacing know what you are getting into
By:Jim Eisenmenger
Date: 9/20/2000, 7:57 am
In Response To: rawhide lacing know what you are getting into (Stan Heeres)

Thanks Stan... my first choice was pre-woven cane with spline (I have done that before and am familiar with the process), however, my concern was exactly what you mentioned. Replacing pre-woven cane is a bear - cleaning out that groove is no fun.

Do you have an on-line or mail order source for plastic cane?

Thanks.

: One BIG drawback to 'natural' material such as rawhide and natural cane is
: that when it gets wet it stretches and soon you will have a sagging seat.
: In all the publications and books I have read plastic caning is the way to
: go.

: As for instructions, Mac's Faetherweight book and Gilpatricks canoe book both
: have excellent instructions with many photographs.

: I have caned several seats, enjoy the process as well as the results.

Messages In This Thread

canoe seat - rawhide lacing
Jim Eisenmenger -- 9/19/2000, 10:30 am
Re: canoe seat - rawhide lacing *Pic*
Bill Boyd -- 9/21/2000, 3:27 am
Re: canoe seat - rawhide lacing
Tony -- 9/20/2000, 12:21 pm
Re: canoe seat - rawhide lacing
Brian Wegener -- 9/20/2000, 10:12 am
rawhide lacing know what you are getting into
Stan Heeres -- 9/20/2000, 7:46 am
Re: rawhide lacing know what you are getting into
Jim Eisenmenger -- 9/20/2000, 7:57 am
Re: Sources for cane
John Michne -- 9/20/2000, 10:06 am
Re: Source for plastic cane
Dave Houser -- 9/23/2000, 7:51 pm
Source for rawhide lacing?
Don Bobzien -- 9/19/2000, 2:53 pm
Re: Source for rawhide lacing?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 9/19/2000, 10:43 pm
Re: canoe seat - rawhide lacing *Pic*
David Hanson -- 9/19/2000, 12:19 pm
Re: canoe seat - rawhide lacing *Pic*
David Hanson -- 9/19/2000, 11:47 am
Re: canoe seat - rawhide lacing
Jim Eisenmenger -- 9/19/2000, 2:19 pm
Beautiful but not mine >"Green Valley Canoes"
David Hanson -- 9/19/2000, 2:42 pm