Hollow Board # 1 for Darryl...
Some might say that's impossible...
More please Paul…looks niiiiiice!!!
Start with a basic frame...
Let your imagination think of what can be...
And dream of the ride...!!!...
Just beautiful
what a creative mind for your first board
makes my 1st board look like a pile of doggy poop
Paul,
The rising sun pattern, on one side of the board, reminds me of a beautiful personal board of Wayne Miyata, from the 1961 era. Wayne did his in colored resin in the gloss. Doing it in wood is truely a testiment to vision, creativity, and craftsmanship. I’m not sure I could do it on my best day. It does raise the bar, in no uncertain terms. Well done.
Stunningly beautiful. Liddle type planing hull? What a lucky guy. Mike
Paul that board is a work of art, that’s why you are the MAN! Very impressive. Mahalo
breathtaking. & mind-boggling too. wow.
You’ve susparsed yourself on this one paul, looks amazing, The bar is so high I can even see it from down here 
The bottom inlay is gorgeous. How did you get the different wood tones? Are they two different pieces of wood or did you stain one darker?
Darryl got my “How To” CD & built that, all good credit to him…
What you see is very much a Liddle style hull…He is an aficionado…
The bottom is built like the top, different 1/8" thick woods matched together…
Beginner’s luck…???.. I think not, but maybe so…???..
Paul you need to get Darryl to sign up to the forum, I’ve got questions I want to ask.
Fair play to that man.
How do you feel seeing all the posts saying its your best work ever, when no one realised it was actually Darryl’s first board, must be weird, hope it make you proud.
beautiful!!!
There is no beginner’s Luck in that board!!!. The skill of a true craftsman shows! Darryl has the skill. Paul Jensen was the insperation! I would rather hang out with guys like Paul, and Darryl then hang with the Duke! For sure Paul will hang with the Duke for generations because he has inspired so many to progress from where Blake left off. Would love to hear from Darryl about his experience building that board. I could learn something from him as I have learned from Paul. Aloha to all. Wood_Ogre PS Kauai Kite Fish is alive and well and being used as my #1 board. Thinking about what is next !
Un
freaking
real
best #1 ever?
Hi Guys…
That indeed is probably the best #1 board ever…!!!..
I was just on the phone with Darryl and he will likely log on to answer questions…
He knows a lot and likes to share…
We are working together to make “the better board”…I’m excited collaborating with him…He’s a super nice guy…
I’ll keep y’all posted on what we come up with…
Paul
This is Darryl. I am really amazed and honored by all the nice things said about my #1 board. I learned so much from Paul’s How-to CD – I couldn’t have done it without him, but my 27 years as a cabinet shop owner was also a help. Some of you were asking how I did the sunburst – I do have pictures that didn’t get sent to Paul. I’ll try to dig them out and post them this weekend, but since this is my first experience with a Forum, it may take me awhile to figure out how to do it. Thanks for all the great comments.
this is a thread worthy of ten pages if not more
comment and quizzik
that is not likely
proof of need of physic
the depth of growth
in the relms of
sophisticated joinery
has taken the grail
and quietly raised it
above the heads
of the blasphemers
salesmen and promoters
the sublime
the obscure
the quiet
the quest
for higher simplicity
the guantlet has
flown down not
upon the hard
clattering floor
of the marble arena
but onto the softness
of the sawdust of the workshop
someday soon
when I can make
a clean space
I too will quest
the moon…
I have seen the glitter of the stars
ol’ dog you have raised me up
an I aint in no bar.
…ambrose…
not a toy
suitable instrument
for surfin at the rincon
or the like
after the water
clears of pretenders
volentarily to observe
finity of craft…
refinements to surely come
praise the craft
prize the object.
Darryl,
I stand by my earlier post. On my best day, I’m not sure I could match the workmanship. You should be proud.
Sorry about the delay in answering your questions. I’m only good with wood, not the computer. The colors are different woods – white pine and redwood. I’d like to attach pictures but I can’t figure out how to do it – it says the pictures are larger than the 34.2 kb limit.
Darryl