>Mike, can you post of pic of your Aleut paddle? Sounds interesting. Spare time huh? What a concept!!

Thanks

Mike ______________________________________________________________

David,

> I have made a greenland paddle using my own design gathered from various
> sources. Ross lists two of them on his website. I also just completed an
> Aleut paddle. I got the plans for this from Wolfgang Brink's book. I have
> yet to try it, but it was very easy to make. I glued it up on thursday
> from three 8' cedar 1"x2"s. I carved and sanded it in my spare
> time on Friday and Saturday. I put on the linseed oil/turpentine/kerosene
> finish Sunday and Monday. It is shorter and stiffer than my Greenland with
> a lower swing weight. This Aleut paddle differs from Greenland paddles in
> that one face is flat and the other has a ridge down the center.

> Mike