A Sled Maker's Journal

Hello John, As promised are a couple of photos of our cabin. I should say our daughter's cabin as approx 15 yrs ago she was a counselor at a church camp and at end of summer she heard that the cab...

As I have mentioned before, the original toboggans of the North used babiche for fastening the crosspieces. Babiche is a cord or lace made by cutting long circular cuts in an animal hide. These da...

With the rising cost of propane and electricity we have been thinking about adding a gas heating stove to our living room hearth. The kind of gas stove that looks like a wood stove and you can see...

Hi John, Just picked up today. The toboggan is just as we expected, perfectly crafted and top quality materials. Should we expect wood shrinking or grooves getting larger overtime between the plank...

A toboggan full of family!

The toboggan is an ingenious snow sled. Flat boards held together with crosspieces and on one end, the boards are curled over 180 degrees so it can climb on top of snow and over obstacles. It perf...

There is a definite correlation between snow on the ground in December and families having a toboggan under the tree for the holidays. While some may grumble when the white stuff starts piling up ...

The Technology It is doubtful that the first sleigh makers used a term like “technology,” but they certainly understood its meaning and developed methods and found materials that provided them wit...

"BWCAW Winter camping trip from 2011. We all caught our limit of lake trout. The toboggan worked great over the lakes and through the portages." JR Bradley   NTSled Hand Toboggan   Save