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Re: Why not a little of both?
By:Kris Buttermore
Date: 12/6/2007, 11:38 am
In Response To: Re: Why not a little of both? (Bill Hamm)

: The problem with calling the traditional diamond shaped paddle
: "the" traditional GP is that it's not the only one that's
: traditional. I'm hoping this link will work, it's from Harvey Golden's
: site if not, showing a really wide range of traditional GP's.

: http://www.traditionalkayaks.com/Kayakreplicas/KayakReplicas.html

: Bill H.

Who said it was Bill? Who even defines it as such?

What's important is it's a VERY GOOD design, and the diamond cross section areas of the blade are functional for several things: it's performs well sculling, gives very good strength, and allows you to easily keep very good symmetry while carving with even the simplest of tools (my Aleut was a little trickier and carving it was more sculpture than woodworking).

I have GP examples that vary quite a bit in that aspect - some being hard to really consider very diamond shaped at all as they are very soft/smooth/oval (but I carved two of them and know they started as more of a diamond). They also vary in how much of the blade has a diamond cross section. None of mine carry it into the root, or to the tip - though I have seen examples that do.

Kris

Messages In This Thread

Paddle: Greenland vs Double Paddle
Kudzu -- 11/30/2007, 1:59 pm
Re: Paddle: Greenland vs Double Paddle
fred Gasper -- 12/2/2007, 11:17 pm
Thank you all
Kudzu -- 12/2/2007, 7:21 pm
Re: Paddle: Greenland vs Double Paddle
John Van Buren -- 12/2/2007, 6:38 pm
Re: Paddle: Greenland vs Double Paddle
Bill Hamm -- 12/3/2007, 2:19 am
Re: Paddle: Greenland vs Double Paddle
Bill Hamm -- 12/2/2007, 1:59 am
Re: GP - recent convert
Carl Delo -- 12/2/2007, 12:03 am
Re: GP - recent convert
Kudzu -- 12/2/2007, 8:28 am
Why not a little of both?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/30/2007, 11:33 pm
Re: Why not a little of both?
Kris Buttermore -- 12/3/2007, 2:19 pm
Re: Why not a little of both?
Bill Hamm -- 12/6/2007, 2:09 am
Re: Why not a little of both?
Kris Buttermore -- 12/6/2007, 11:38 am
Re: Why not a little of both?
Bill Hamm -- 12/2/2007, 2:08 am
Re: Paddle: Greenland vs Double Paddle *LINK*
Pedro Almeida -- 11/30/2007, 7:11 pm
Re: Paddle: Greenland vs Double Paddle
Brian Nystrom -- 12/1/2007, 8:52 am
Re: Paddle: Greenland vs Double Paddle
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/1/2007, 6:10 pm
Re: Paddle: Greenland vs Double Paddle
Brian Nystrom -- 12/3/2007, 8:41 am
Canted Technique ?
Bris Paul -- 12/2/2007, 2:08 am
Re: Canted Technique ? *LINK*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/2/2007, 9:35 am
Thanks Nick ! *NM*
Bris Paul -- 12/3/2007, 12:43 am
Re: Paddle: Greenland vs Double Paddle
Toni V -- 12/1/2007, 5:53 am
Paddle efficiency
Jay Babina -- 12/1/2007, 11:59 am
Re: Paddle efficiency
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/1/2007, 5:59 pm
I Always Thought . . .
Mike Scarborough -- 12/2/2007, 11:17 am
Re: Paddle efficiency
Toni V -- 12/1/2007, 3:38 pm
Re: Paddle: Greenland vs Double Paddle
Kudzu -- 11/30/2007, 8:00 pm
Re: Paddle: Greenland vs Double Paddle
Tom Simpson -- 12/1/2007, 2:24 am
Re: Paddle: Greenland vs Double Paddle
Bris Paul -- 11/30/2007, 10:27 pm
Re: Paddle: Greenland vs Double Paddle
Tripp Stanley -- 11/30/2007, 5:38 pm
Re: Paddle: Greenland vs Double Paddle
Kudzu -- 11/30/2007, 6:08 pm
Re: Paddle: Greenland vs Double Paddle
Joy -- 11/30/2007, 4:32 pm
Re: Paddle: Greenland vs Double Paddle
Don Goss -- 11/30/2007, 3:06 pm