Dana

It's killing me that I won't be able to ski this year... due to a torn rotator cuff from lifting my ancient heavy canoe this past...

Wow! I remember paddling the Current River, has to be 48 years ago... it was an annual "float trip" for the students, put on by the...

The old mountain men said that cougar meat was the best of all. Then there's this...

For years, our family had a summer cabin at what was then the "Masonic Camp", a family group camp in NY's Harriman State Park. Most...

My first canoe was the family canoe that I first paddled when I was 5. It was a very early fiberglass canoe that weighed over 100 lbs...

Or who sees it.

Years ago I was camping in Harriman S.P (NY). I was bivouacking about halfway up the side of the mountain, off trail, all alone. There...

Below are some photos of the completed paddle that y'all have been following the build of. Tomorrow it will get crated and shipped.

Ultra High Density Polyethylene (UHMW) might work, but as you said it might be too slippery. Polyurethane is (or can be) a bit softer...

Polyurethane is one of the most abrasion resistant materials out there. It comes in formulations from super soft (think pencil eraser)...

How about boring the end of the pole and epoxying in a threaded insert, then screw in a polyurethane hammer face? Perhaps a metal band...

My name is Nick Dennis and am based in Norfolk in the east of the UK close to the Norfolk Broads which are colloquy known as Britain's...

What is the reason to use varnish over epoxy?

The blade is laminated, largely of western red cedar. WRC is quite soft. The blade would have to be built much thicker/heavier to have...

Dana, Thanks for that clarification. Seems like we were talking the same language, only with different dialects.