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Re: Paddle: Favorite finish
By:Mike Bielski
Date: 7/9/2012, 1:39 pm
In Response To: Paddle: Favorite finish (Smith)

I forgot to add- since someone else mentioned it- After I oil the paddle with Deks Olje I let it sit for about a day and the burnish it with bone, just like they did for thousands(?) of years in Greenland. I really makes the oil last longer, but it's WRC. It's going to ding. Nothing you can do about that. I use ash tips, though, so no worries there. Before I re-oil I run over it with 00 steel wool, oil, and then burnish again. In the spring and late summer if I paddle a lot.

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Paddle: Favorite finish
Smith -- 7/8/2012, 4:16 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 7/8/2012, 6:00 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 7/8/2012, 7:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/9/2012, 2:36 am
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risto -- 7/9/2012, 4:28 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 7/9/2012, 6:22 am
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Mike Savage -- 7/9/2012, 9:50 am
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Bryan k -- 7/9/2012, 10:32 am
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John Abercrombie -- 7/9/2012, 12:27 pm
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Mike Savage -- 7/10/2012, 2:12 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 7/10/2012, 7:12 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 7/10/2012, 7:04 am
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Mike Savage -- 7/10/2012, 2:30 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 7/9/2012, 1:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/10/2012, 1:23 am
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Aaron -- 7/10/2012, 12:07 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/10/2012, 1:26 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 7/10/2012, 7:08 am
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Sean Dawe -- 7/10/2012, 8:47 am
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Etienne Muller -- 7/10/2012, 3:16 pm