Big Solomon Islands paddle club
 

I got this today. Said goodbye to a few old friends but got this very special new one. Heavy 130cm long, the head is 30cm long. There are two bruises to the wood ethier side just at the base of the paddle. There is also a repair to the paddle on one edge. This repair appears to be an old native repair using Atuna tree nut paste. Looking close I now realise that what I thought were bruises to the wood is in fact a knot.

Some stuff on Atuna properties.

http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1663/0013-0001(2004)058%5B0470%3ATUOARR%5D2.0.CO%3B2

This is not a direct link but if you copy this and then google it you will get the info. There is a picture of some chap calking a canoe with a Atuna mixture.

Another nice on, Tim. I didn't know about atuna nut paste before, either.

F

Thank you Fearn. I am rather pleased with it. Atuna putty is used as a general adhesive, glue, caulk and modeling stubstance. It seem to turn rock hard and have tremendous grab qualities. Why is it not a comercial product? These pictures are of coconut containers from "Art of the Admiralty islands". To stay on like this shows how strong it is. I should think it is used much like tar on canoes?