Subject: Re: baidarka Making a storm paddle
From: Michael Daly (michaeldaly@home.com)
Date: Thu Apr 05 2001 - 21:48:50 EDT
From: "Chuck Holst" <CHUCK@MULTITECH.COM>
To: <baidarka@lists.intelenet.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 11:30 AM
Subject: RE: baidarka Making a storm paddle
> I think you will find it more comfortable and easier to control the paddle
> if you have at least some loom. I nearly got rid of the loom on mine by
> shortening it to the point that my hands touch when the last three fingers
> of each hand are wrapped around the root of the blade. However, this is a
> much shorter loom than is traditional, and one of these days when I have
> nothing else to do, I plan to make a more traditional storm paddle to
> experiment with.
>
Thanks Chuck, both Keith and you have clarified a lot for me. I'll be using a
traditional design based on your comments. I think I'll go with a two fist wide
loom - neither long nor short and see how it goes.
Given the material cost, it won't be too painful to be wrong. The time spent
carving is therapeutic anyway (whenever I do any work with wood, I get the
feeling my late grandfather, a carpenter, is watching over my shoulder.)
Thanks again!
Mike
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