They are fun to make. I keep making another, rather than simply tweeking one that's already made. I find it enjoyable partly because I see results - the old 'instant gratification' syndrome, where to make a boat take me the better part of a year, I can carve a paddle in an evening.

: Well, I took the plunge this past weekend and laminated up a set of Greenland
: paddles. And then a curious thing happened, it seems every spare minute I
: get, I find I have a plane in my hand. What's up with this? They're coming
: along great, by the way!

: -drh