> A Greenland paddle is made from one piece of wood and is not feathered, or > "featherable". The center of the paddle flows into the blades seamlessly, and > the blades are long, starting close to the center, and flaring slightly toward > the ends. The blades are basically flat, though carved to be a bit rounded on > the edges. Probably long blades starting close to the center is the most reliable criterium (and easily recognizable feature in a pile of different paddles). I was wrong writing of plastics and composites as distinctive non-GP features (as I've been told recently, somebody has made a GP with wooden-composite blades, - though I have never seen any "alive" or on the web). And there are commercially manufactured GP made of 2 pieces of wood (Feathercraft Klatwa). With flat or spooned blades it is not that conclusive - GP is flat, but blades of Euro can be both flat (in cheap brands) or spoon-shaped. *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Sep 08 2004 - 12:53:50 PDT
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