tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8157484949428480187.post568636455854779521..comments2024-02-23T11:03:30.852-05:00Comments on Paddle Making (and other canoe stuff): Historic Paddle Illustrations: Picturesque Canada 1882 Maliseet GuidesMurathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13482734358888755004noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8157484949428480187.post-76592155333538444732016-03-31T08:25:18.916-04:002016-03-31T08:25:18.916-04:00Long flat necked grips definitely originated with ...Long flat necked grips definitely originated with the native tradition. The oldest intact surviving North American native paddle I've come across is a <a href="http://paddlemaking.blogspot.ca/2009/02/c-1770s-cree-paddle.html" rel="nofollow">Cree paddle dated to 1770</a>. It features a long flattened grip as well. Without seats in the canoes, natives would have knelt so low to make the canoe stable but would need a much more sideways stroke than raised seated paddlers today. It seems the modern "Northwoods" stroke was named by white guides and lumbermen in Maine and also features a sideways grip and a slicing recovery, albeit at a much faster stroke rate. Murathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13482734358888755004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8157484949428480187.post-31623925102333681292016-03-31T01:41:06.162-04:002016-03-31T01:41:06.162-04:00Interesting, so the flat neck Maine guide paddle a...Interesting, so the flat neck Maine guide paddle and northwoods tradition evolved from native guides... I always had white people in mind...<br />Silly me. <br />The northwoods stroke is very reminiscent of the way gondolas in Venice are maneuvered and also in the lake area of my home country Austria there is a long boat, paddles standing on one side that is using this kind of rocking stroke with the slicing recovery for steering. If you are interested they are called ausseer plätte! CheersAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05014538149678126516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8157484949428480187.post-81614686138374493022016-03-31T01:35:56.320-04:002016-03-31T01:35:56.320-04:00Murat... As it seems that the northwoods tradition...Murat... As it seems that the northwoods tradition with their particular stroke and typical Maine guide paddles come from these wabanaki guides and their paddles, would you think he is basically using a northwoods stroke with a flat neck paddle? That would explain a lot to me and I had this totally wrong impression that those guides (that I imagine in Maine and New Brunswick) were white... Silly me. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05014538149678126516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8157484949428480187.post-2749861623922121582016-03-30T14:56:10.134-04:002016-03-30T14:56:10.134-04:00The best one is probably Graham Warren's book ...The best one is probably Graham Warren's book - "Canoe Paddles: A Complete Guide to Making Your Own". Published 2001. ISBN-10: 1552095258 Murathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13482734358888755004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8157484949428480187.post-3510558163530834062016-03-30T10:37:55.388-04:002016-03-30T10:37:55.388-04:00Hi, can you recommend a good paddle making book to...Hi, can you recommend a good paddle making book to get started? Thanks!<br />MikeMike Normandeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896758215011273234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8157484949428480187.post-19400375896605751562016-03-16T20:05:22.471-04:002016-03-16T20:05:22.471-04:00Thanks David. Looking forward to your collapsible ...Thanks David. Looking forward to your collapsible pole ideas. I've been thinking about the idea too. Murathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13482734358888755004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8157484949428480187.post-23948671829075577222016-03-16T15:40:53.655-04:002016-03-16T15:40:53.655-04:00I really like the drawings... My new birch paddle ...I really like the drawings... My new birch paddle will make it possible to use wile standing in the canoe! I need to make myself a new pole, I was thinking of a collapsible one... We'll see what I can come up with! <br /><br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14017066552183432883noreply@blogger.com