Being a tight type of person I was going to make a paddle from a tree ,or raid a skip but the offcuts box of my local DIY shop furnished me with a piece of strange hardwood about five and a half feet long. A long rectangle had been cut from one side but I reckoned I could wangle a paddle out of it . And it was only a fiver .
So I sawed hacked and spoke-shaved until I had something that looks ok (DO NOT enlarge these pictures looking for dodgy workmanship . Just take my word for it . You will find it !)
I then burned a little image into it and lovingly rubbed it with linseed oil.
Then I decided to do a Google of the wood I'd used as I'd never heard of it. I should have done this first .
"Idigbo"- Prone to thunder shakes making it liable to break .
My bit looks OK on that front though . Touch wood ....
Leaks yellow pigment when wet .
Agh, that might be a problem for a paddle !.
Has anyone any actual experience of using this idigbo for a paddle ? . Did it end up as fire-wood and did their hands go yellow ?
Any advice or even serious micky taking welcome .
So I sawed hacked and spoke-shaved until I had something that looks ok (DO NOT enlarge these pictures looking for dodgy workmanship . Just take my word for it . You will find it !)
I then burned a little image into it and lovingly rubbed it with linseed oil.
Then I decided to do a Google of the wood I'd used as I'd never heard of it. I should have done this first .
"Idigbo"- Prone to thunder shakes making it liable to break .
My bit looks OK on that front though . Touch wood ....
Leaks yellow pigment when wet .
Agh, that might be a problem for a paddle !.
Has anyone any actual experience of using this idigbo for a paddle ? . Did it end up as fire-wood and did their hands go yellow ?
Any advice or even serious micky taking welcome .
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