On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Hank Hays wrote: > >>He calls it Toksook. > > Derek calls it a "willow leaf" shape, but if they're true to form, willows > in England must have different shaped leaves than they do here in the > colonies. > > The couple Toksook paddles that I saw were pretty heavy (one was a 4 piece > which aggravates that problem). They are extremely overbuilt and could be > lightened up considerably. Derek was a blacksmith, by the way, so paddle > weight wouldn't bother him. > > I'm a "competing" paddle manufacturer so won't spout what I think are > advantages or disadvantages of Derek's design. > [snip] > > Hank Hays > Lightning Paddles hank, im my [not so] humble opinion, if you don't compare your paddle to his, and can keep it "slightly" general, and again state your mfg position, i thinnk the enlightenment you can shed would be great... pending other supports of this. if others think this would be too commercial, skip it... we get enough "garbage" anyhow ;-) mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark ---- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: Nothing pains some people more than having to think. --Martin Luther King, Jr. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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