: I'm starting my first Greenland paddle tonight, and after looking around at
: wood options it got a bit confusing. I ended up picking up a quartersawn
: stud grade 2x4x8' that was totally clear, figuring if I got the wrong
: thing I'm out all of $1.95.

: Can somebody provide a brief description of what constitutes good and bad
: wood? I assume knots are bad (but not how bad), and I know the relative
: differences between pine, WRC, etc. from reading here, but that doesn't
: translate well to identifying "good" versus "bad"
: individual pieces of wood.

: Thanks!
I glued a coup of strips of cedar then ash and two more strips of cedar. Check out the first page of this link. It was my first attempt.