Canoe Paddles: A Complete Guide to Making Your Own This book combines practical woodworking technique with practical canoe use experience... [It] covers every single aspect of canoe paddle building. Despite the growing interest in making paddles and canoes, it can be difficult to find reliable information on that craft -- except for this book. First published more than a decade ago and having sold 35,000 copies, Canoe Paddles: A Complete Guide to Making Your Own is the ultimate modern guide to the traditional craft for both the how-to beginner and the skilled woodworker. In Canoe Paddles: A Complete Guide to Making Your Own, longtime canoeist and woodworker Graham Warren provides detailed information and guidance to make a canoe paddle that will be used with confidence and cherished for generations. The book is thoroughly illustrated with photographs, line drawings and plans with measurements for:
The authors include an appreciation of the evolution of the paddle plus a special chapter by renowned canoe-buuilding teacher David Gidmark which celebrates paddle-making in the native tradition. |
Contents
Make your own paddles | 6 |
Diversity Evolution of the canoe paddle | 8 |
Prehistoric paddles | 9 |
Copyright | |
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