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There are rivers that aren’t too difficult if you take the right lines, but can be brutal if you don’t. I was on one of these rivers on...

That's interesting, Al. I won what was supposed to be a Penobscot paddle from S&T in the NFCT auction. The Penobscot is the same blade...

Well I just had a good laugh at myself. When I saw that pic of your paddles I thought to myself I’ve got one just like that on the far...

I purchased an old Bobs and it came with this six foot paddle. I’m pretty sure it’s cedar, 30” , about 8” at the widest point. I prefer...

Great discussion! My son and grandsons gifted me an S&T Guide paddle two Christmas' back to commemorate our October trip down the...

Nice paddle Alex. I have three of the same ones. An ash 72" beavertail with elongated grip from The Bark Canoe Store, a 60" S&W 1897 in...

I was referring to the side of the blade - as you say the spline in the bottom should prevent damage to the tip. I was surmising...

Caleb's Tremolo paddles (at least at one time with the several that I have) at the very thin tip were carefully thin sawed split and...

Thought I'd share a recent experience that struck me as funny. I'm paddling upstream on a hot day over the 4th of July weekend when I...

MyKneesHurt has some merit to their argument - whatever paddle a Maine Guide uses is a Maine Guide paddle. And let's not forget Maine...

The link below has more about Alexandra Conover's paddles and her ideas about blade tip design which contribute to the lack of balance...

What I see in Alexandra's stroke that helps with the weight is that she doesn't move her lower hand much. Her upper hand moves back and...

I don't own one, but I don't know a better place to mention it.... Last week, I happened to meet a fellow who was kind enough to let me...

This is probably true, and is something I considered but I would say I've had equally good results with both. When doing out of water...

As I recall, Mike at Badger paddles claims that a narrower tip is more likely to have a quiet entry into the water, assuming an out of...