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Re: Paddle: My first Greenland Style Paddle....
By:Thomas Duncan
Date: 3/5/2011, 8:26 pm
In Response To: Re: Paddle: My first Greenland Style Paddle.... (Thomas Duncan)

: I'd second the suggestion to try sharper edges, and a bit fuller
: convex shape to the blades towards the tips on the next one,
: this one looks perhaps a bit flat.

Of course, if the edges were sharper, the thickness of the tip looks good, and would form the requisite convex shape. The most concise instructions on carving GPs I've ever seen are about 3/4 of the way down one of Brian Schulz's page here, where he illustrates a sharp oval versus a diamond:
http://www.capefalconkayak.com/northcarolina.html

It's not *quite* all you need to know, but it goes a long way.

Messages In This Thread

Paddle: My first Greenland Style Paddle.... *PIC*
Bob Beaullieu -- 3/5/2011, 2:47 pm
Re: Paddle: My first Greenland Style Paddle.... *PIC*
Bob Beaullieu -- 3/5/2011, 2:58 pm
Re: Paddle: My first Greenland Style Paddle....
Don T -- 3/5/2011, 3:00 pm
Re: Paddle: My first Greenland Style Paddle....
Bob Beaullieu -- 3/5/2011, 3:05 pm
Re: Paddle: My first Greenland Style Paddle.... *PIC*
Bob Beaullieu -- 3/5/2011, 2:59 pm
Re: Paddle: My first Greenland Style Paddle....
Scott Baxter -- 3/5/2011, 3:13 pm
NICE LOOKING PADDLE, ENJOY *NM*
Don Goss -- 3/5/2011, 3:33 pm
Re: Paddle: My first Greenland Style Paddle....
Alex Ferguson -- 3/5/2011, 5:53 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 3/5/2011, 8:20 pm
Re: Paddle: My first Greenland Style Paddle....
Thomas Duncan -- 3/5/2011, 8:26 pm
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Brian -- 3/5/2011, 9:30 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 3/5/2011, 10:14 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/6/2011, 12:55 am
Re: Paddle: My first Greenland Style Paddle....
Alex Ferguson -- 3/6/2011, 2:46 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/6/2011, 8:53 am
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Noel Bennett -- 3/5/2011, 8:19 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/6/2011, 8:56 am
Re: Paddle: My first Greenland Style Paddle....
Bill Hamm -- 3/6/2011, 12:48 am