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Artic
Spoon
Minispoon
Greenland
Touring Kayak Paddles
CONSTRUCTION FEATURES:
Our touring kayak paddles are constructed to give the best
combination of light weight and durability.
Inuit -- The shaft measures 1.35” by 1-1/8”and is laminated
from four layers of western cedar and black willow, with the
center hollowed out to reduce the overall weight of the paddle.
The 3.75” width blades are glued onto the shaft using lightweight
cedar as the inner layer and tougher alder as the outside
edge. 
The tip is our standard white
Dynel edge with cherry wood veneer tip covers. The entire
paddle is epoxy sealed with 2-oz. fiberglass reinforcing on
the blades, then it receives a minimum of three coats of varnish.
The Inuit can also be made in a take-a-part (TAP) version.
As the loom diameter is cut down to attach the fiberglass
TAP joint, we reinforce the connection with kevlar seam tape
and epoxy, then cover with a heat shrink wrap. We’ve had no
reported problems.
 The
Articspoon and Minispoon -- The shafts of both
are laminated from five layers of western cedar and black
willow. These shafts are not hollow as that would remove
weight from the shaft increasing the relative weight of the
blades. For these models, the best way to lighten the paddle
is to remove all excess weight from the blades to minimize
the “swing weight” of the paddle.NEW--The
blades are laminated with a western cedar core then the entire
blade is edge wrapped in Dynel. The dynel edge is tougher
than any wood or fiberglass. This change has a given
a weight reduction of approximately 1 oz per blade on the
Articspoon , slightly less on the Minispoon.
FINISHES--All paddles
are sealed with two coats of epoxy, wet sanded then
coated with a minimum of three coats of varnish, sanding between
coats. If a paddle is not right, it receives more sanding
and varnish until it is. On take-a-part paddles, the
shaft ends are epoxy sealed, the fiberglass TAP joint is epoxied
in place, then it is reinforced with Kevlar seam tape and
epoxy and shrink wrapped..
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