First Kayak Paddle

Alright, so this is the first of only about 15 kayak paddles that I've made.
I chose a Jimmy Snyder blade shape due to its simplicity. At first glance one might take this for a "squirt" paddle, but Jim recommends this paddle for "huge water in a big boat". Jim is the man, check out his website @http://www.jimisnyder.com/

The shaft of this paddle is made with sitka spruce sandwiched between two ash plates(the standard). The blade wood is Western Red Cedar, the bang strips are made from Hickory and the paddle is rounded of with Birdseye Maple tip plates.

Rick O' Shea

This is Ricks paddle. The shaft is the typical Ash plates with the not so typical for me sassafrass core. The blade-wood is made from two different cedars, Western Red and Alaskan Yellow, giving it a very contrasting look. The edges are curley maple and the tips are curley english sycamore. The T-grip was carved out of a piece of curley english walnut.

I was happy to make a guide stick for Mr. O' Shea because he's one of the smoothest paddle boat captains I've ever tried to follow down the Gauley. O shady still hasnt picked this one up. So Rick call me, come get your paddle.