Kialoa Teva Hoe "seem" occasionally cutting my hand.....

justthetip

My kialoa Paddles, Foti & Teva Hoe seem, where carbon blade meets wood shaft is occasionally slicing minor cuts into my hand. OK to remove seem or any other solutions? Havent heard back from Kialoa yet, probally due to vacation season.

Submitted by justthetip on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 11:22am

mulus

little sanding paper to take the edge down.
Happy new year

#1 Fri, 12/30/2011 - 12:20pm

justthetip

Just bought a super mild grit block at Ace. Mahalo Mulus.

#2 Fri, 12/30/2011 - 12:25pm

YankeeHookele

Why is your hand going all the way down to the seam between the blade and the shaft?
Sounds like the paddle shaft is too short for you.

#3 Tue, 01/03/2012 - 9:23am

Jim

Short shaft?

#4 Wed, 01/04/2012 - 12:49pm

mulus

choke up?

#5 Wed, 01/04/2012 - 3:10pm

808.2.619 paddler

If I'm not mistaken, because of the length of the blade (21.25"), you're supposed to order the teva hoe 1-2 inches longer than your usual paddle. This way the the width between your hands will feel normal to you, but you'll need to account for an overall longer paddle.

#6 Wed, 01/04/2012 - 6:31pm

Amy Graves

Aloha justthetip!
Please feel free to contact me, amy at kialoa dot com. YankeeHookele and 808.2.619 paddler have both brought up good points. I would have asked the same thing. Your hand should be about a fist width up from where the shaft meets the blade and not hitting it.
Also, there should have been a shrink wrap piece of rubber over the part where the shaft and blade meet, it must have fallen off? We have used electrical tape in the past and that has worked well. Please contact me if you have any questons!
Amy

#7 Mon, 01/09/2012 - 12:22pm