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Puff,
I am always open to ideas and my friends is quite creative in woodworking. For me it is not only a $$ cost, but a time cost too as there are only so many hours in a day. Sending some of my...

Puff,
Quarter sawn would make nearly any wood more stable but getting wood milled that way is big $$ because of the waste factor. I like the idea of the loom type design but then the fancy milling...

Greg,
Yep, the ole'Balmer accent hon! Funny though, I was born and raised here as was my father and neither of us picked up the sound. More of a city thing than county though.

Tony

Bruce,
I apprenticed as a pattern maker in a foundry and my day job is still in the foundry industry where I run an NDT lab. We use mahogany much of the time for long running jobs, poplar for short...

It's the leather and labor that cost, the wood is the cheapest part of the equation. Saw, sand , varnish, drill, buy the handle, attach the handle, buy the leather, ship the leather, cut the leather,...

Stefan,
My earlier paddles were all poplar which weighed less but I never felt they were as stable, nor as nice looking. Anything lighter or thinner may warp over time. in about a month or so we...

Stefan,
I have done a few long, rigid strops in the past. Not sure how well that really works out in practice though. Heavy and unwieldy comes to mind, but many do prefer rigid strops. I do quite...