What follows is a post by @Murat V that I copied from another thread because I thought it was very informative about how he made a two-piece wooden canoe pole:
All I did was rip some knot-free section of spruce and then rounded the pieces out with a crooked knife. Write-up on the two-piece pole is at this link:
paddlemaking.blogspot.com
It was inspired by this photo tutorial using a stainless steel ferrule:
ravensjester.smugmug.com
The carbon fibre ferrule (large diameter meant for the loom of greenland style kayak paddles) was ordered from this link:
duckworks.com
All I did was rip some knot-free section of spruce and then rounded the pieces out with a crooked knife. Write-up on the two-piece pole is at this link:
Two-piece wood canoe pole
Another side project this season was to construct a two piece, wooden canoe pole. My hope with this piece of gear was to have a functional p...
paddlemaking.blogspot.com
It was inspired by this photo tutorial using a stainless steel ferrule:
Building aTwo-piece Home Depot Canoe Pole - James F. Klingener (RavensJester)
This is a description of a two-piece canoe pole that uses a Home Depot closet rod joined by a Sawyer ferrule. In addition, the pictures show a pole profile in which the bottom 18 inches on each end are thinned to a blade 3/4 inch thick. The idea is to reduce buoyancy and drag on the pole in...
ravensjester.smugmug.com
The carbon fibre ferrule (large diameter meant for the loom of greenland style kayak paddles) was ordered from this link:
Carbon Fiber Ferrules for Greenland Paddles
Carbon Fiber Ferrules for Greenland Paddles
duckworks.com
