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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Gear Forum My first paddle is nothing to crow about |
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08/28/2017 08:39PM (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
I finally finished my first paddle today, which is a good thing because we leave tomorrow. I used the bird's mouth method. The main flaws in my execution were two: I left some gaps in the shaft--where the strips of cedar join--and spent a lot of time trying to fill them with epoxy. Second, I put fiberglass on the blade (it's a bent shaft type) but had trouble getting it to lie smooth. The paddle looks great from about 30 feet. Not so good close up. Weighs 20 oz. and has an epoxy rock tip. I have three more in various stages of construction that I hope to finish after our trip.
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