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Every year I get a few requests for bent shafted paddles. I don’t make them because I believe you should shift your hands for different amounts of torque as you paddle and I don’t believe the paddle maker should dictate where you hands need to go all the time. Plus bent shafts only help your wrist angle in the first third- the “catch” part of the stroke. But then they force you into less-than optimal wrist geometry for the rest of the stroke as well as for steering strokes like Duffeks and backstrokes.
Non-the-less a lot of people still prefer bent shafts and so, if you do, I would refer you to Blunt Family paddles on the west coast. They make fine wood paddles with bent shafts on request. And I think their quality is superior to most wood paddles in the world.
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