On boatbuilding sites I see, at least, one, "I'm worried about using epoxy", threads each week.
Epoxy will glue almost anything
Epoxy is the most waterproof glue in common use today
Epoxy can sit on your shelf for years and still be good
Epoxy can be used to repair itself. Some non-epoxy glue joints can only be repaired with epoxy.
Epoxy is not all that critical about clamping. None of mine (paddles, masts, spars, hulls, gunnals, plywood scarfs, deck beams laminations, yada, yada) have ever let go including a piroque that came off my roofrack and landed in the road. I never worried about clamping pressure one bit.
The dream that THERE HAS TO BE a glue as good as epoxy is still a dream.

: Good morning evryone, I hope all is well.

: Ive carved out two greenland paddles and they are workning out
: fine, both were solid wood .

: I now want to tinker with an aluetian or euro type paddle but
: laminated (I will do a laminated greenland at some time)

: anyway what glue have you gents been using?? I make custom fishing
: rods and turn my own grips, ive had good luck with titebond
: waterproof glue.

: I havnt had any grip failures even on saltwaer fly rods

: I did a few experiments and it seems that the joint with wood glue
: can be clammped tight while epoxy needs a slight gap for the
: strength needed.

: many thanks

: "John"