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Re:what's the best wood: The cheapest
By:Greg Stamer
Date: 5/20/2001, 11:09 am
In Response To: Re:what's the best wood: The cheapest (Shawn Baker)

: Me too! They end up being more interesting anyway, and if you're laminating,
: you can minimize the effects of grain runout.

: Hey, a fellow scrounger!

Shawn,

I have no problem with being cheap, just ask my wife (hey, I rescued my current BBQ out of the trash when a neighbor discarding it just because the burner was shot).

But cheap meaning inexpensive and cheap meaning poor-quality are two very different things, and different folks might read your use of the word either way. I would feel safer wearing a poor quality PFD or even none at all, than rely on a paddle and a spare made with defective wood. So scrounge away, but I wouldn't advise anyone to ignore quality.

Everyone is different. I started building my first paddles with whatever I had on hand, then become more and more picky as time went on. When new carbon paddles can cost over $400.00 dollars, I still feel pretty darn "cheap" when I can get a quality piece of cedar for $15.00 - $30.00.

Greg Stamer

Messages In This Thread

Greenland Style Paddle, what's the best wood ?
Matthew -- 5/16/2001, 11:37 am
Great tool for Greenland paddle
Jay Babina -- 5/18/2001, 4:25 pm
Re: Great tool for Greenland paddle
Greg Stamer -- 5/18/2001, 7:42 pm
Re: Great tool for Greenland paddle
Ron Weatherman -- 5/20/2001, 10:24 pm
Re: Great tool for Greenland paddle
Greg Stamer -- 5/20/2001, 11:31 pm
Re: Great tool for Greenland paddle
Ron Weatherman -- 5/21/2001, 8:03 am
Re: Greenland Style Paddle, what's the best wood ?
Jay Babina -- 5/18/2001, 9:25 am
Re:what's the best wood: The cheapest
Shawn Baker -- 5/18/2001, 12:29 pm
Re:what's the best wood: The cheapest
Greg Stamer -- 5/20/2001, 11:09 am
Question on cedar
Jay Babina -- 5/21/2001, 9:28 am
Blazing Paddles!
Greg Stamer -- 5/21/2001, 10:13 am
Re: cavemen wood working technique
Tony -- 5/21/2001, 12:43 pm
Re:what's the best wood: Inexpensive
Shawn Baker -- 5/20/2001, 11:38 pm
Re:what's the best wood: Inexpensive
Ken Sutherland -- 5/24/2001, 1:29 am
Re:I like this answer
Jim -- 5/18/2001, 10:16 am
Re:I like this answer
Brian Nystrom -- 5/18/2001, 12:10 pm
Re:I like this answer
Jim -- 5/18/2001, 1:28 pm
Re: Greenland Style Paddle, what's the best wood ?
Greg Stamer -- 5/16/2001, 3:11 pm
Re: Greenland Style Paddle, what's the best wood ?
Randy Knauff -- 5/16/2001, 8:27 pm
Re: Greenland Style Paddle, what's the best wood ?
Greg Stamer -- 5/16/2001, 10:13 pm
Re: Greenland Style Paddle, what's the best wood ?
Randy Knauff -- 5/17/2001, 2:05 am
Re: Greenland Style Paddle, what's the best wood ?
Greg Stamer -- 5/17/2001, 9:49 am
Re: Greenland Style Paddle, what's the best wood ?
peter czerpak -- 5/17/2001, 8:09 am
I use western red cedar
Brian Nystrom -- 5/16/2001, 2:01 pm
Re: Greenland Style Paddle, what's the best wood ?
Shawn Baker -- 5/16/2001, 12:03 pm