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Shaw and Tenney
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Since 1858, Shaw & Tenney has quietly made a name for itself as the leading maker of wooden oars, paddles, spars and boat hooks in the country. Our small workshop sits quietly on the banks of the Penobscot River in Orono, Maine. Never one to boast or brag, we prefer to let our products speak for themselves - each meticulously designed to deliver years of enjoyment on the water, and equal admiration for their hand-crafted beauty when off. You'll find that our process has stayed largely the same since we opened our doors 156 years ago, and we intend to keep this tradition alive. It may seem old-fashioned, but it's the only way to render a product worthy of our name- and your trust.
A curly maple Maine Guide paddle moves through the shop
Follow along as we shape and finish a curly maple Maine Guide paddle. You’ll see some of the craft that goes into our work, from the sanding drums to the varnish dip tank. This paddle turned out pretty well!
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How to Set Up Your Canoe for Rowing
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One of the questions we get fairly often is "can I set up my canoe for rowing?" The simple answer is yes. Rowing canoes is not a new concept and companies have been making outriggers, rowing seats and even forward rowing contraptions for them for over 100 years. The fact is, canoes make for a great rowing craft and with a very simple conversion, you can be out enjoying a row in a very short tim...
Wooden boat hooks - Hand-crafted by Shaw & Tenney
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Shaw and Tenney has been hand crafting traditional wooden boat hooks for over half a century. Using an old fashioned design the current S&T wooden boat hooks are made by hand with a tapered shaft and solid brass hook. Shaw and Tenney wooden boat hooks, while very simple in design, are a traditional maritime tool that will look as good hanging over the mantle as they will tucked neatly under the...
The Making Of A Shaw & Tenney Handmade Wooden Canoe Paddle - Fine Shaping
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Nowhere is the skill of our craftsmen more evident than on the drum sanders. The large drum sanders are used to make the final shape of all the components of our Penobscot handmade wooden canoe paddle. Our drum sanders are custom made specifically for our process. The first step is to shape the blade on our 36 grit drum sander; this is where the majority of the remaining wood is removed. The 80...
The Making Of Shaw & Tenney Wooden Canoe Paddles - Wood Selection & First Cuts
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Every paddle starts with one of our craftsmen selecting a piece of wood from our stock. Our paddles are made by traditional methods using a single piece of wood. All our wood must be clear and free from any defects to become a Shaw &Tenney paddle .We offer eight species of wood for the Penobscot canoe paddle, each with different weight, flex, and appearance characteristics. From native Maine as...
The Making Of A Shaw & Tenney Handmade Wooden Canoe Paddle - Final Touches
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To complete our Ash Penobscot paddle finishing process, we begin with a thorough hand sanding with 180 grit paper and then burn our trademark Shaw & Tenney logo on the blade of paddle. The finisher will feel the entire surface of the paddle to ensure it is perfectly smooth and shaped before proceeding. Next, we hand apply sealer to penetrate the wood and provide a good base to apply varnish. We...
The Making Of A Shaw & Tenney Handmade Wooden Canoe Paddle - Rough Shaping
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The next step in the process is creating the initial blade shape on the slab saw. This tool was powered by water in our original shop as were many you will see in this video series. The paddle is clamped in place and moves on a sliding carriage into the saw. Because our paddles are solid wood the craftsmen have to compensate as the wood moves. The blade may have equal wood taken off each side o...
The Making Of A Shaw & Tenney Handmade Wooden Canoe Paddle - Final Drum Sanding
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The last step in shaping our handcrafted wooden canoe paddles is done on our pneumatic drum sanders. The craftsmen very carefully finalized the shape of the paddle and ease all the edges to provide the exceptional comfort characteristic of a solid traditional wooden paddle. We start with the 100 grit sandpaper drum and move up to the 120 as we near completion of this step. Each craftsman will v...
In the S&T Office
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Around the office at our shop, you'll find a variety of our products on display. Here are just a few.
The oar lathe at Shaw & Tenney
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The oar lathe in our workshop has been around as long as we have. Here's a brief demonstration.
Shaw & Tenney - Makers of the World's Best Paddles and Oars
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Since 1858, Shaw & Tenney has quietly made a name for itself as the leading maker of wooden oars, paddles, spars and boat hooks in the country. Never one to boast or brag, we’ve preferred to let our products speak for themselves - each meticulously designed to deliver years of enjoyment on the water, and equal admiration for their hand-crafted beauty when off. From our simple workshop on the ba...
Sewing Oar Leathers at Shaw & Tenney
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The general manager at Shaw & Tenney, Sam Martinelli, gave us a demonstration of how to sew your own oar leathers. We'd like to thank Off Center Harbor for the video!
Shaw & Tenney featured in Rutabaga Paddlesports video
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Our handmade wooden paddles were recently featured in a video from Rutabaga Paddlesports.
I wish I had a sanding drum like that! I’ll have to put it on my build list!
Recently I took up stationary rowing for indoor exercise. I love it. It just occurred to me that I could row my 17ft Grumman canoe. I am now looking at all of the local lakes in a different way. Thanks 🌻
Beautiful work, well done!
Omg ,…….. my J stroke needs one of these SOooooo badly 😅
Wow!!!
You guys should make more videos highlighting all of your different traditional canoe paddles. Something like Badger and Swift does. Their videos are awesome helped me choose my first paddle (their Woodland). I know I want you for my second paddle but I'm not sure which one.
It's nice to see the care a real person puts into the processes. I have a good number of hand formed, hand shaped paddles...even built my own from a tree once (crude and effective but no art or soul to it) My office has 2 custom paddles my dad had made in upper state New York (Blackburn's) and I have a favorite ash beavertail from Dri-ki that I got in 2011. It was a custom made length (at the time they did that) and it can literally transport me slipping my canoe thru the water with grace and beauty. I have a Bending branches Expedition Plus that is as beautiful in its function as the Glock that has accompanied me ever day for a couple decades. They both are tough, more capable than I, and require only a minimum to keep up. I don't own a Shaw and Tenny... but I can see its gonna bring a lot of joy to its future owner.
Very nice. What size belt is that?
No way is that giant sanding drum osha approved. Wearing long sleeves and gloves, just asking to get pulled in.
That is first thing I thought, having worked around industrial machines in the past.
because the hand power has to overcome the friction of the drum sander, all of the wood removed is removed by the power of the hand and not the motion of the drum. this meets the definition of a handmade paddle. the hand-arm combination has to insert power equal to that required to remove the wood. the paddle blank might not meet the definition of hand made but it was cut freehand and when that happens freehand cuts are not described as machine-made. just as one would call a pot as being hand-thrown even though it was made on a pedal machine.
It's the tool that dictates the paddle shape, looks fun for one or two paddles but I bet it gets old fast. bet a robot arm could be programmed to do it or part of it might save the company someday. very skillful work. glad to have seen the craftsmanship in a video. who knows maybe someday I will buy and visit. It could happen. you have no idea how much I respect old-world craftsmanship. Even the sanding drum was made by a person. If you don't mind me asking what RPM is being used here?
Looks like a really nice paddle
Awful. Fails to show the stitching order. I had to look at it 15 times and still could not follow. I am skilled at marlinspike seamanship.
@Nico Walsh It's the herringbone stitch.
Nico Walsh, Your excellent video is I'm sure soon to come. I'd love to see how a skilled individual like yourself would do this (instead of a fly by night company of over a hundred years experience doing this). I'm waiting...
too much talk and not enough action
Love this video. Admirable craftsmanship and history.
Good tools and machines can outlast people! What year did this lathe go into service?
Can't get my 15'4" Gheenoe registered for a motor due to COVID, so I built a removable rowing rig out of oak. I am so impressed with how this works it's doubtful I'll bother ever putting a motor on it.
Why burn fossil fuels (and money) when you can get exercise instead?
@@flt528 Rowing is so enjoyable, and quiet. It's a large part of what I'm looking for being out on a lake at the crack of dawn.
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Hi, nice video, what thread, string do you use for binding? and what material do you use? skin? leather?
You could literally add a rigger to a bath tub and get the same result
Thank you very much. Well done!
I take issue with the use of 'handmade' in this context. If this is handmade, what do you call the process of chopping down a tree and carving a paddle without power tools? There are obviously degrees of handmade, and virtually all paddles are touched by hands (few are CNC machined), but this does not make all paddles handmade in my mind. There's no doubt in my mind that S&T make fine paddles. However, calling them handmade is a bit of a stretch.
If you're going by this standard for handmade items nowadays then you're not gunna find anything mate, and what you do find is going to be crazy expensive for the sheer amount of time that has to be put into cutting down the tree, milling and drying the timber, you're just not going to find it. I sell carving that are entirely handmade - I don't use any power tools from the point of a block of wood to the finished product but all of that wood has been chopped down with machines and then dried in a kiln. I also make handmade furniture with the use of mostly powertools and some (non powered) hand tools. I would still consider them to be hand made as at every point along the way I am using my hands to operate the tools - I don't use CNC routers or laser engravers. There are some key words that make a difference in my opinion, if someone was to use the words 'hand carved' to describe something that they have used power tools to make I would take issue as the 'carved' implies using only knives, chisels and gouges; 'handmade' on the other hand I would say means without a computer to aid them
100% HANDMADE
@@awesomenesschanel Exactly! Computer or machine made means you can push a button and it does some or all of the process for you. Hand made does not mean it excludes power tools. Power tools that are run by hand, not a machine or a computer. Hence this is 100% handmade.
I couldn't find that sander at Home Depot...
I need to see a picture of the finished oar with the oar lock on the oar.
no mention of soaking leather prior, to get air bubbles out.
We used 4 mm thick leather for Cornish Pilot Gig oars. We soak them for 12 hours, starting in warm water. This results in a nice flexible leather that we can wrap around the oar.
Although you make beautiful paddles I wouldn’t call that hand made as all the work is done by a machine
Every time you see the machine doing something, they are holding it in their hands. I would call this handmade.
Michael Caffey I think you’re definitely not understanding the definition of hand made. I suggest you look it up
Sure if we want talk about pre 1800s handmade, but we are talking about 2018. I made an axe handle last week and did not touch it once after loading it into my CNC machine. To me that is machine made, but when the user holds the material and controls the overall shape of the project with their muscles, that is handmade. but sure you can pretend to be cool and ignore modern day tools.
You can make it yourself, just loook and learn from woodprix.
Hi Guys, really enjoy watching what you do. Would you be able to tell me where you get your sanding drums from?
you can make them
You might mention , do not forget to slide the Oarlock on before the button is attached.
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