Subject: Re: [baidarka] Carving Feathered Paddles
From: Gerald Maroske (GUM@exmail.de)
Date: Sun Jun 10 2001 - 15:52:20 EDT
"Peter A. Chopelas" wrote:
SNIP
> I would suspect you could not make a suitable 4 piece Greenland paddle very
> practical because you would have to break the blades somewhere in the
> middle. Custom blade shaped ferrules would be difficult, heavy and
> expensive to have made. Not very practical. If you reduce the blade
> length to allow a conventional ferrule to work you do not end up with a
> native paddle design.
Hmmm, but how the hell did the bad guy 'Kurgan' in 'Highlander' made his
take-a-part-sword-blade? Should be interesting .........
;-)
Gerald
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