Double Bend Paddles

Gillespie

Standard Face Blades of the Double Bend Standard Face models are glued from combinations of basswood, poplar, cherry, butternut, and birch. They have a hardwood lip on the powerface, which is shaped into a slight hook, enabling the blade to enter the water quietly and with little turbulence. All shafts are oval in shape and made with select basswood. 8.5" T-Grip 23 - 24 ozs $109.95 9" T-Grip 24 - 25 ozs $111.45 9" Palm 24 - 25 ozs $113.95 9.5" T-Grip 24 - 25 ozs $113.95 10" T-Grip 24 - 25 ozs $115.95

Ultralight This paddle is made of laminated western red cedar and pine. Its profile is trimmed by hardwood laminate to protect the blade edge. The blade is reinforced by a covering of 2 oz fiberglass cloth. 9"X21" Blade, 22-23 ozs T-Grip: $153.95 Palm: $156.95

Balsa Ultralight This paddle is made of laminated western red cedar and balsa. Its profile is trimmed by a hardwood laminate to protect the blade edge. The blade is reinforced by a covering of 2 oz fiberglass cloth. 9"X21" Blade, 19-20 ozs T-Grip: $171.95 Palm: $174.95

Paddle Master The Paddle Master has a short, narrow-shouldered blade with a raised heel, hardwood tip and a laminated double bend shaft. A powerful, steady, and rapid stroke can be maintained. 9"X18" Blade, 22-23 ozs T-Grip: $140.45 Palm: $143.45

Speed Stick The Speed Stick is a lighter version of the Paddle Master, with even narrower shoulders. It's made of softer, lighter cedar, so that the profile of the blade has a hardwood insert around the rim of the blade and a hardwood tip. 9"X18" Blade, 19 ozs T-Grip: $162.95 Palm: $165.95

Grey Owl

Mudbrook

Double Bend This extremely light blade is a layup of basswood and mahogany coupled to Grey Owl's very strong 12 laminate shaft. The blade has a solid urathane tip and hard maple edges. 9"X19" Blade, 21-22 ozs $86.95 (Specify Barrel or Hammerhead Grip)

Double Bend Mudbrook crafts a handsome, durable, light weight paddle from poplar, basswood, hard maple, white cedar, and western red cedar. The strong, nicely ovaled shaft is a laminate of poplar and basswood. Blades are a laminate of white cedar protected on all edges with hard maple, as is the tip, which is nicely dished for positive, quiet entry into the water. 9"X19" Blade, 23-24 ozs $92.95 (Specify T or Palm Grip)

Black Bart

Black Blade

Double Bend Bud Moll brings years of experience in custom designs and lay-ups for paddlers of various abilities to these smartly designed and well constructed graphite paddles. Black barts are extremely light, averaging only eleven ounces. The medium sized oval shaft is easy to grip, has a gradual taper to aid in switching sides, and has slightly thinner walls for shock absorbtion. A tapered shaft to blade transition area allows a quiet exit with less water disturbance. The Blade can be fully submerged without burying the shaft. The extra thin blade, tapering in all directions, allows knife-like entry into the water and can be fully submerged without burying the shaft. 9"X19" Blade, 11 ozs Palm Grip only $209.95

Double Bend Michael Dodd crafts this beautiful, lightweight blade from a blend of western red cedar and graphite. The blade core is a laminate of cedar and multi-directional graphite, all vacume bagged on a curved mold using West Systems epoxy to glue and encapsulate the blade and shaft into a single unit. The shaft and grip are crafted out of a singled glued-up laminate of cedar. The shaft has a graphite stringer glued into it. The paddle is finished with multiple coats of linear polyurethane. This blade enters the weater cleanly, is light, and has an excellent grip. 9" Blade, 20-21ozs Ovaled Shaft Shape $194.95 (allow 20 days for delivery)

Kalai

Kalai "Mano" Kalai Custom Paddles of Maui and Bambridge Island craft a superb and distinctive line of paddles oriented toward the outrigger racing scene. The shaft, composed of four laminates of poplar, flows into a blade of joined, wedge shaped sections of mahogany, poplar, and ash. Grips are fashioned from koa, as is trhe horizontal tip reinforcement. The blade's tip is slightly curved and further reinforced with graphite. Four ounce fiberglass cloth strengthens the back of each paddle. 9"X18.5" Blade, 21-22 ozs $135.00 (Specify T or Palm Grip)