pmhilton wrote:
: bearsbuddy wrote:

:I have an Old Town "Camper"
:
:
:
:
: To second what John has said about replacing seats, you can get nylon
: webbed seats from Porter's or Old Town. Not as aesthetic as cane but
: strong as hell and nearly maintenance free. If you do decide to use cane
: seats, a light rubdown with linseed oil or tung oil especially at
: storage time will extend the cane's lengevity.

There is a place in Chicago called Chicagoland Canoe Base. I don't remember
how much I paid for them, but they sold regular wood/cane seats, you'd have
to cut the ends to fit (I just used my old seats as the pattern) and drill a
hole on each end for the bolt, but that's all (prefinished).

http://www.chicagolandcanoebase.com

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John Nelson
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