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Paddle: greenland decoration
By:c
Date: 10/3/2003, 12:52 pm

i have finised shaping my greenland paddle. it only took a few hours, and looks and feels great.

i want to decorati it traditionally with bone tips.

is there a cut and species of bone that works best. whales are hard to come by in florida, unless i do some hunting at seaworld.

so i was thinking beef or pork, and body ever done this?

how do you attach them, or better yet how were they attached inthe olden days?

i could always use marine epoxy PC-11, the white stuff, but what fun is that?

what about colors, or artworks?

thnaks
chuck

Messages In This Thread

Paddle: greenland decoration
c -- 10/3/2003, 12:52 pm
Re: Paddle: greenland decoration
Pete Notman -- 10/4/2003, 2:36 am
Got Pics? *NM*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/4/2003, 7:55 am
Re: Got Pics?
Pete Notman -- 10/4/2003, 8:16 pm
Here's the pic *Pic*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/5/2003, 8:17 am
Re: Paddle: greenland decoration *NM* *Pic*
c -- 10/3/2003, 12:52 pm