Does anybody else use a shaving horse for shaping some aspects of a paddle?
First I do the blade to the throat, and the grip to the 'max choke-up' position (about a foot from the end of the grip)-- I do these clamped to the bench and in a vise for quick flipping.
I do the shaft last, beginning with a draw knife on the shaving horse, and I take it down to eight sides. Then I switch to a low-angle small plane to bring it to 16 sides.
Sometimes I take the horse out into the sun, and...