Subject: Re: baidarka Sweating the Details
From: Haller-Wade (hwade@frazmtn.com)
Date: Mon Apr 03 2000 - 18:59:39 EDT
And inside may not be safe if you have doggies! ;-) [ I found out the
hard way on another project involving bone carving!]
--mark.
wolfgang brinck wrote:
> If you use real bone for toggles, keep you boat
> inside. Rodents (squirrels in these parts) love to
> gnaw on bone and will chew right through the bone and
> any deckstraps if you leave your boat outside and
> accessible to their attentions.
>
> Wolfgang
>
> --- Mary Hackney <mhackney@pacbell.net> wrote:
> > This may seem a peculiar and trivial question after
> > the debates on
> > paddle and boat design, but here goes... I'm close
> > to covering my S.W.
> > Greenland kayak, and I'm wondering what to do about
> > deck lines and
> > toggles.
> >
> > Where does a person obtain large enough pieces of
> > bone to carve the
> > toggles and
> > beads (~ 1" diameter)? I prefer to use bone beads
> > and toggles over
> > hardwood, and I've had no luck locating the pieces I
> > need from
> > commercial bead sellers, etc. I haven't yet resigned
> > myself to combing
> > the local beaches for sea lion carcases...
> >
> > Also, what materials do folks prefer for deck lines,
> > and why?
> >
> >
> >
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