“Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing.” — Ron Swanson. Actor Nick Offerman — known for his role as Ron Swanson on the NBC comedy series “Parks and Recreation” — recently sent out homemade ...

Testing four canoe paddles (from Bending Branches, Mitchell, Sanborn and Grey Owl) to answer one question: What if I could only own a single canoe paddle… Recently I was musing about what a tragedy it ...

C&K’s Conor Mihell checks in from the heart of Canadian canoe country with 5 of his favorite made-in-Ontario, one-piece traditional hardwood canoe paddles Recently, one-piece hardwood canoe paddles ...

GRAND JUNCTION — She’s a 15-foot-9-inch-long, lost-art beauty, all graceful curves and elegant flowing lines. She only needs a few bits of fancy trim — and a name — and she’ll be good to go. “She” is ...

“When we started out, we didn’t know a thing about woodworking”, Todd Randall says as he switches on a table saw and dons some ear protection. “We learned as we went and got a lot of advice from our ...

A wooden paddle, one of a pair, dating from the 19th century. Maori canoe paddles were often elaborately carved. The paddles are displayed in the Boyd Dawkins Study at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery.

Seventeen-month-old Noah Holsinger of Sanford loves being outside, and he actually went for his first canoe ride when he was seven days old. Sort of. It was December, but his father Curt Holsinger ...