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Re: Basswood? Bending Branches paddles

Posted By: Grant Goltz
Date: Sunday, 28 January 2001, at 11:59 a.m.

: In reading the responses, it sounds as if basswood might be an excellent
: choice for carving Greenland paddles. Anyone used it for that? Comments?

: George F. Johnson

Bending Branches uses a lot of basswood laminations in their paddles. Not on edges or tips, though. It has a lot of "flexible strength" with little weight.

Grant

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Re: Basswood? Bending Branches paddles
Grant Goltz -- Sunday, 28 January 2001, at 11:59 a.m.

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