Here are a few photos of a traditional voyageur paddle I just finished. It's based on the paddles displayed in Frances Anne Hopkins painting "shooting the Rapids" The blade shape of these paddles tends to be long, narrow, and curved as apposed to the more modern paddle with the same name which tends to also be long but has straight lines and is much wider. My version also has a modified northwoods grip. This time I chose to use ash for the shaft and cherry for the blade and grip. The paddle weighs 24 oz and has a blade the measures 32" X 4.5", the over all length is 63". It is a very long paddle so it will be interesting to see how it paddles. The finish is oil-varnish, which I have not used before so it will be interesting to see how well it stands up to the elements. As with all my paddles the edges of the blade are very fine to allow for silent paddling.
The overall length is 63". The blade is long an narrow at 32" X 4.5".
Here's a close up of the modified northwoods grip.
Shooting the Rapids by Frances Anne Hopkins
2 comments:
Looks great Mark! Now you just need a north canoe to paddle it with.
Looks very good, funny that they dont look as wide as I was expecting them to look.
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