Following the advice of several downloaded instructions for greenland paddle making, I have been trying to find some quarter-sawn fir or cedar. I have had a difficult time locating quarter sawn anything, except for some wildly expensive cherry. I have found some yellow pine 4X4's that could be cut into 2X4s in a quarter-sawn orientation. Would yellow pine be a disaster for a paddle material? How important is it too get quarter sawn? I am in Georgia BTW which may account for the abundance of yellow pine at Home Depot and elsewhere. I seem to recall more Douglass fir when I was up in Connecticutt.

-Dave-