I carved up a Greenland paddle for Hannah last night. I’m pretty sure the wood is redwood but it’s salvaged from the fence row so I can’t say for certain. It seems a little light in color, but it smells like redwood and the nail holes were black. I saved enough to laminate with some cedar and oak for a longer paddle for me.

I losely followed the miriad of directions available on the web for making the paddle. The large cuts were done with the table saw and anything I couldn’t do there was finished with the pull saw. Total time with the plane was about 4 hours plus another hour to rasp, sand, and balance it.