Paddle maker and woodworker extraordinaire David Gendron of Au Nord du Nord Woodwork has been working on more creations. One of them consisted of repairing a broken shaft and splicing in a new grip of his wife's favourite paddle. David came up with a new custom grip design that looks marvelous and very functional...
New splice custom grip
Repaired Paddle
He also carved a new paddle in Birch. It features a large blade with a wide handle and distinct spines on each end that balance the paddle nicely. David's use of bright colours with varnish make his paddles sparkle!
Birch paddle - Malecite inspired
Length: 66", Blade: 28"x6.25"
Weight: 1.05kg. Reinforced tip.
Grip Closeup
Here is a paddle he completed for his niece. Lucky her! A vertical grain Sitka Spruce paddle.
Sitka Spruce
Length 54"
Blade: 25"x5.5"
Weight 0.420kg
Blade closeup
More of David's creative work can be seen on his Facebook page and his Pinterest page on paddles.
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2 comments:
Murat thank you so much for the write up, I'm really faltered by the nice words. As I said before, the work you have been doing on this blog is amazing.
Cheers
David
Is "faltered" a word?? Flattered I ment....lol
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