Looks nice Mark! How is the weight of the pine, compared to WRC? I'd think htat paddle much more durable, too, so dont worry too much about scratching it up. Cedar is a lot softer.

: Just finished my latest Greenland paddle, using the Ponderosa Blue Stain Pine
: I asked about early last week. It really came out nicely. As I learned,
: the blue stains are a two-step process. First, tiny boring bugs eat very
: small tubes through the wood, and then a fungus grows in the tubes and
: stains the surrounding wood. The information I found indicated that there
: was little or no loss of strength, which is what I saw in the finished
: paddle.

: The new paddle is a little stiffer than my WRC/Redwood laminated paddle of
: the same dimensions, and much stiffer than my all WRC storm paddle. I can
: hardly bear the thought of getting it all scratched up like my other
: paddles, but we'll see.

: I'm building up quite a paddle collection. Not much more room in the shed
: storage area. I may just have to go into business selling GPs, just so I
: can continue to indulge my building obsession;-)

: Mark