Charles Herriot said in rather cutting fashion: If you look *very* carefully at the pictures of Doug's kayak, just past the place where he stores the *Humungous* squid hunting knife, you'll notice that he has installed a mitre saw and a duct-tape dispenser which is incredibly handy when he needs to quickly cut a paddle in half. <snip> See what I mean about ridicule, Gabriel, with respect to postings and picture pages :-) Actually, I've broken a number a paddles and shafts over the years, and by shortening some, and mixing new blades and new shafts, I always have a supply of paddles ready for the next adventure. But I never thought about field cutting and repairs. I wonder if DeWalt make a battery run Mitre saw. Speaking of weird stuff there Charlie you Hickory Horned Devil bug, a buddy of mine used to carry a machete in his cockpit, readily accessible while on the water. Talk about the potential to make instant sushi (sp?) out of any poor marine invertebrate that came along. Heck, he could even untangle himself from a sinking Brazilian oil platform, in one single swath. His machete came to an ignoble end during an ill-fated central coast trip, where we were chopping survival firewood, and it fell apart due to corrosion. He just missed one of his appendages. So...here you thought _I_ had a big knife trying to compensate for my small anatomy! Doug Lloyd *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Mar 20 2001 - 22:25:43 PST
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