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In this video, Dustin James demonstrates the Katanaboys 500, 650 and 1000 cutting various logs. There is also a non-cutting demonstration of a Bigboy 360 (the straight not the more effective curved blade model) the and Pocketboy 170. Dustin's main interest seems to be in building wood shelters...

Aslowhand, what is that tripod structure on the point of land?

That's right. Think about the mechanics from the point of view of your hip rotation. To forward stroke pull on the right side, you invoke your torso by rotating your right hip aft (clockwise). That will naturally straighten your right leg. In addition, you assist the clockwise rotation of your...

Some folks digitize their old film photos so they can post them on internet sites such as this one. I don't know how to do it, but others seem to actually enjoy the process. Photos are very popular here. If you were to digitize your photos, you could write some historical trip reports or just...

Sure, but the photos may not be informative, at least not to me because the blade and grip seem generic. Let me put that in the context my my two ZRE paddles next to each other in the photo already shown. I bought the 57" one in 2012 and the 53" one from the Bob Man collection this year. Both...

Gail, a lot of us—and I mean a LOT—are near or in our golden years and have a variety of ailments. I'm 81. Also, many of us have cut down or eliminated canoe tripping. We even discuss these things in threads here. Thankfully, new blood flows in younger canoeists' veins. We enjoy meeting here...

No, I have don't have any numbers or letters of any kind. My cue came from the estate of Bob Man. I never met the man, but he certainly had a huge inventory of the finest, most historical and most expensive canoes and paddles ever made in the last 60 years. Maybe he had Patrick Moore make...

I don't see a serial number on my paddle. The archived pages say it's on the side of the shaft above the blade. Nothing is there.

For everyone's information: Under the current administration this site has NEVER had a "policy of open membership," NO registrant has ever been "unvetted," and the site has NEVER been "hacked" nor been "down" for even a minute. These are total misconceptions. In addition, there has NEVER been...

Kona, thanks. That archived page is a treasure, especially because all the links work to the other pages on the construction of the different models, the colors available for the different models, and the specs for the different models. To summarize some of the info on these pages, Moore cues...

In the video, HOOP give a shout-out to YouTuber Lars at Survival Russia for turning him on to Silky saws. Here is Lars demonstrating the rare KATANABOY 1000 and comparing it to the KATANABOY 500. At the end of the video, Lars recommends the KATANABOY 1000 only for certain applications such as ...

Extremely well-written and entertaining-to-read post, Rob. Contribute more often.

Your unknown material 57" blue cue looks exactly the same as my 57" blue cue, shown in my post #2. The blade looks the same size as the Grand Classic next to it, which the receipt says is the small blade at 22.5" x 8.25", and which has a weight of 16.9 oz. My blue cue has the same dimension...

Silky makes the best pruning saws, in my experience, and in many sizes. I've had a 14.2" curved blade Silky BIGBOY 2000 and a 9.5" curved blade ULTRA ACCEL for eight years and love both. I use the BIGBOY for larger stuff on my 11 acres, and usually take the ACCEL on canoe trips along with a...

Ain't that the trashy social media truth. I've used Google's AI quite a bit, and some other one that's not ChatGPT. My experience has been mixed. Sometimes it does a fast and thorough job of answering questions and summarizing areas of knowledge, presumably when it has access to accurate...

Not sure about this analogy, but water tank testing has been done on canoe paddles to compare flat power faces, positively cambered (convex) faces, and negatively cambered (cupped or curved) power faces. Curved power faces are the most powerful. They hold a "puddle" of water within them as...

I suspect both "camber" and "dihedral" are words borrowed by the canoe paddle world from the airplane world. Note from @Dana's diagram above that even symmetrical camber, creating a zero mean camber line, still produces a teardrop shape from the front of the airfoil wing to the back. The...

Patrick with a wood cue before he started making carbon ones. Fast Eddie and Minnesota Fats used wood cues, too.

So far, this is the most complex and entertaining "put-in-get-in-and-start-the-bloody-trip" story I've ever encountered. So funny . . . and with all the sensory details, I can identify with your feelings.

Edge protection is very important. Many factory paddles don't have it. Does Dynel come in strips, or do you have to cut it off of big blocks or sheets? Is it glued on? With what?