On Sep 9, 2004, at 11:29 AM, Rcgibbert_at_aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 9/8/2004 7:02:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > steve_at_brown-web.net writes: > > >> Did Inuits stumble on the narrow blade because they didn't have many >> big >> pieces of wood, or did they find by experience that they couldn't >> afford to >> have their bodies break down at the expense of being marginally >> faster for a >> few years? >> > I like simple: a long, narrow blade that is easy to build and does > most of > what other types of blades do. Most importantly, it was part of a > hunting kit. > It is quiet, it doesn't throw water around. In the event of catching > an animal, > it is easy to manipulate the blade to help fill the larder, rather than > hinder it. How does this response explain that the long, narrow blades of the modern Inuit style paddle is less than about 300 years old? Before that they had paddles with broad and short blades. If this type of blade was bad, why did they develop it and use it for a long time? Did those earlier hunters starve to death? http://home.pacifier.net/~qayaq/notes_on_early_greenlandic__kaya.htm Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 824 Thompson St Glastonbury, CT 06033 USA Ph/Fx: (860) 659-8847 http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/ *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Sep 09 2004 - 08:59:59 PDT
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