Sanborn Canoe Co. Nessmuck Bent Shaft Ultra-Light Paddle

From Campmor

The Nessmuk paddle is an all-purpose lightweight canoe paddle that sits at the smallest end of the scale compared to our Gunflint and Gillis canoe paddles for additional finesse and endurance. Copping the pen-name of George Washington Sears Field and Stream writer in the 1800s this paddle is designed to follow his philosophy of saving weight to make your canoe voyage more pleasant. The paddle&';s wide profile makes it adept in shallow water situations and in deeper water the smaller surface area of the blade is especially suited to paddling in a faster cadence or sustained paddling over longer periods with less fatigue and less steering correction needed than with a larger paddle blade.