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Mark L's Exotic Wood Voyageur Paddle

Mark Lafontaine's blog recently had a post about his latest paddle creation, a 61.5 inch "modern voyageur" design made of exotic Lacewood (Grevillea robusta) and ash. I've stayed clear of using exotic hardwoods mostly because I've read they are hard on the handtools and don't plane very well without tearing. But after seeing the gorgeous lacewood grain on Mark's paddle, this inconvenience looks to be well worth the effort.


Mark's Lacewood & Ash Voyageur Design


Lacewood grain pattern


Laminated grip
More pics of Mark's efforts as well as a synopsis of things he learned with this project can be seen on the original full post here.