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This depends on how you count and when you start. They have advertised 1858 as their founding date and as being the "Successor to T. J...

It's the time of year when it's getting too chilly for the pup but she still wants to go so my choices are take her and shorten the...

His son lives (or lived last I knew) in Patten, Maine. He sold his paddles out of his garage and on consignment at the Patten Hardware...

Very informative post and some nice pictures of some authentic Maine Guide Paddles. I only use my MGPs as my backup paddle. My regular...

In regards to the venerable Maine Guide paddle, I am quite a fan of the aesthetics but understand the performance concerns of many more...

I got my boys out for an evening pond paddle just before Halloween. Miacomet pond runs perhaps a couple miles and is separated from the...

I saw this doe spying on me this morning. She was right on this point.

Sam Gray's back yard, Old Town, Maine in the early 1900s

Cook Forest Canoe Rental, Clarington, PA today

Island Lake WA, Long Beach WA today.

Glad to be wrong. We got out Sat and Sun this weekend.

Kudos on keeping that bear from being fed....and then maybe dead! ("A fed bear is a dead bear," as the saying goes. )

Perhaps Marc Ornstein will chime in but for me the difference between functional freestyle and functional paddling is that when I'm...

Blade sections and accent stripes laid out with glue applied. Second photo has them in the clamps.

I have a conversation with the customer to determine their need/want. We discuss the type of paddle (river, shallow water...