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I had a broken bladed kayak paddle and thought make a spare canoe paddle. After I cut the bad blade off I started looking for t-grip options. One tennis ball, gorilla glue, and hole saw later here's what I have. The glue swelled and made the ball hard (what I wanted). When wet it is not slick. Fits in my palm great. The lines on the ball helped for indexing. Used it as my main paddle today worked great.
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Ya know you're going to wind up with tenis elbow using that set up! :wink: Keep us posted as to how it works out for you!
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not enough of an index for me. If you were a real redneck you would have a hurst shifter on there :D
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That Hurst shifter comes with an auto roll button on it! Yeeeeeehawwwwww!
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Post by Mike W. »

Larry Horne wrote:not enough of an index for me. If you were a real redneck you would have a hurst shifter on there :D
Nah, those aluminum Hurst T-grips are cold in the winter & heavy all the time. Plus, they only work for lefty's. :lol:
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You can even squeeze it like a stress ball at the top of really gnarly drops.... Or train your dog to retrieve your paddle after a swim!
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