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Re: Paddle: Epoxy/Tip Protection for GP--Advice Pl
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 5/30/2016, 12:26 pm
In Response To: Paddle: Epoxy/Tip Protection for GP--Advice Please *PIC* (John Bell)

I'm debating how to protect the edges and tip of my newly made cedar GP.

You may be 'over-thinking' the protection a bit, IMO.

Quite a few people in my regular paddling group use Greenland sticks, and I don't think any of them treat the paddle ends differently than the rest of the stick.

In Greenland where the paddles were used to push ice and wood was more scarce than bone it made sense to add bone ends to some paddles. It may be that those are the paddles which survived best and made their way to collectors and museums?

Anyway, this will not be your last Greenland paddle- you can always change details on the next one.
My advice: oil it and use it. Or, just use it without oil and repair it with epoxy when needed.

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Paddle: Epoxy/Tip Protection for GP--Advice Please *PIC*
John Bell -- 5/30/2016, 12:10 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 5/30/2016, 12:26 pm
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John Bell -- 5/30/2016, 12:31 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 5/30/2016, 12:38 pm
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John Bell -- 5/30/2016, 12:45 pm
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Paul Nicol -- 5/30/2016, 1:07 pm
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John Bell -- 5/30/2016, 1:14 pm
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Paul Nicol -- 5/30/2016, 1:36 pm
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John Bell -- 5/30/2016, 2:04 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 5/30/2016, 2:03 pm
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John Bell -- 5/30/2016, 2:08 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/31/2016, 12:38 am
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John Bell -- 5/31/2016, 11:55 am
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Etienne Muller -- 5/30/2016, 4:02 pm
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Paul Nicol -- 5/30/2016, 5:25 pm
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John Bell -- 5/30/2016, 5:39 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 5/30/2016, 6:46 pm
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John Messinger -- 5/30/2016, 6:53 pm
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bsoderholm -- 5/30/2016, 10:14 pm
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Alex Ferguson -- 5/31/2016, 5:21 am
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John Bell -- 5/31/2016, 11:57 am
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Alex Ferguson -- 5/31/2016, 10:39 pm
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John Bell -- 5/31/2016, 12:11 pm
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Alex Ferguson -- 5/31/2016, 10:43 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 5/31/2016, 7:31 am
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John Bell -- 5/31/2016, 12:04 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 6/1/2016, 7:25 am
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Bill Hamm -- 6/2/2016, 12:48 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 6/2/2016, 7:41 am
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John Bell -- 5/31/2016, 12:04 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 6/1/2016, 7:12 am
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Jaybabina -- 5/31/2016, 11:48 am
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John Bell -- 5/31/2016, 12:10 pm
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jaybabina -- 5/31/2016, 6:47 pm
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Alex Ferguson -- 5/31/2016, 10:51 pm
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anewhouse -- 6/1/2016, 2:29 am
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Alex Ferguson -- 6/1/2016, 6:31 am
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John Bell -- 6/2/2016, 6:12 pm