: Greenland blade tips are rounded for stealth. They enter the water quietly
: and cleanly, and discourage drips. The Aleut paddles (and some early
: Greenland paddles) had pointed tips. I am not familiar with the advantages
: and disadvantages of this feature. Pointed tips are popular with many
: native "canoe" paddles as well.
Round it is. The bay is being over run by seals.
: I'm curious why you chose a flat powerface. I prefer symmetrical blade cross
: sections, for uniformity of behavior during sculling, rolling and bracing.
: This becomes significant if you practice some of the Greenland
: rolling/sculling methods, since depending on the technique, either face of
: the paddle may be used (some are low brace techniques and some are high
: brace techniques).
I'm not sure3 why I chose a flat power face. But I do know that I carved a ridge on the back because i was in the feed store and saw a ferrier's knife that begged me to take it home and I had to try it out on something. I'll post pictures of the knife soon, you want one! Kind of like a one handed draw knife with a curved blade.
Bob

: Greg Stamer