tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8157484949428480187.post3983341352722719243..comments2024-02-23T11:03:30.852-05:00Comments on Paddle Making (and other canoe stuff): Historic Paddle Illustration - Paul Kane PaddlesMurathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13482734358888755004noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8157484949428480187.post-10920688112991493452012-05-05T07:06:42.646-04:002012-05-05T07:06:42.646-04:00I guess it would be possible, but each of the trip...I guess it would be possible, but each of the tripods illustrated by Kane has a cooking pot suspended over a low burning fire so the assumption is that the primary function was for cooking. Kane was pretty meticulous about documenting the details around him. Ray Mears has brief footage of a paddle tripod on one of his canoe / bushcraft films. Link is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfzYBvf11fc" rel="nofollow">here</a> with the image around the 3:30 mark.Murathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13482734358888755004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8157484949428480187.post-35141055125274069602012-05-04T15:23:00.625-04:002012-05-04T15:23:00.625-04:00Is it possible they put the paddles in that positi...Is it possible they put the paddles in that position to dry the wood out?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com