Chuck, It would be more authentic if you left that bend in the paddle. As I recall, some of the paddles used by members of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition in Ammasilik in the early 30s had similar bends. Whether the bends were intentional or accidental, I don't know, but as I recall, one of the surviving paddles used by the expedition has an arrow drawn on the loom, apparently a reminder of the correct way to hold it. Chuck Holst > Many of us have build our own boats and paddles. I > have a pile of Greenland paddles out in the garage (different > designs). I made my most recent one out of a red cedar trunk > collected in my back yard. The trunk wasn't quite straight resulting > in a slight bend in the middle. How about that... the first "bent > shaft" Greenland paddle. I plan to steam it to get the bend out. > > Cheers, > Chuck Sutherland *************************************************************************** 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 Oct 07 2008 - 11:13:07 PDT
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