Chip Carved Malecite Paddles by Francois Rothan

Francois Rothan recently sent me some pics of two Malecite style paddles made for a client decorated with custom chip-carving. One is made from cedar and the other from maple. More of Francois' beautiful paddles and bark canoes can be found on his site, birchbarkcanoes.blogspot.com



Chip carved decoration on the blades


Delicate carving on grips


Maple Grip Closeup