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I am about to plan and start a scratch build of the double hull Polyenesian canoe Holukea. I am gathering input from any of you master wood carvers on which would look better & be the easiest to carve? I have a lot of 100 year old Cypress that was dragged up from a local bayou and may be to soft??, and also have some beautiful Red Mahogany (which is hard as a rock. I waffled between Pine and Fir and was going to paint the hull. After much consideration felt a truer representation of a natural look would be better since they were carved from Koa logs. All suggestions welcome Hope I don't get demerits for posting under wood instead of builds. Thanks John
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