Where are the various paddles made?

[John65]

As I get ready to purchase some equipment I am getting curious about this. 
It says on Werner's site that their paddles are made in WA state but where are the others make?
thanks, John

[John65]

I am clearly not getting much response from my question.   I wonder why. 
What I have found out is that Kailoa paddles are made in the US.  What about the Quick Blades and others?
John

[PonoBill]

As far as I know all the major paddles are made in the US. I think Kialoa is in Bend, OR. Dave Chun used to be on the forum from time to time, so he could chime in. Warner is up in Washington, I forget the name of the town. Something odd like Salima or Sultana. I think Jim Terrell (Quickblade) is in california

[Dwight (DW)]

Yeap, Quickblade, Werner and Kialoa are the US made brands. And when you break one, it can usually be repaired right here in the USA.

Not a throw away Chinese paddle.

I just love that something can be made in the US and sold at a price the Chinese can't beat 

[NLCHAWAII]

C4 is out of Canada , Jimmy Lewis is out of somewhere back east like Illinois , Kialoa is Oregon and I make mine on the south shore of Oahu . By the way I was up at Expressive Designs on the North shore and was checking out Kialoas rice paper laminates , the Hinano ones . Man all that ink on the sheet must weight like an ounce or two , but they sure looked nice .

[CCSUP]

Werner is in Sultan, Washington. On the banks of the Sultan River, a NW classic class 4 river, and just off the banks of the Skykomish, THE classic western Washington whitewater river. They've been there since the 60's at least.

Kialoa, yes, Bend, Oregon.

Quickblade, Socal. I forget which city, maybe San Clemente? Honestly it all kind of blends together for me down there!

Ditto on the comments about avoiding paddles not made by experts. Paddles take a lot of stress and abuse per their weight/materials and MUST be built to exacting standards to last and perform well.

There's also a handful of wooden paddle makers in the US.....Sawyer (OR), Whiskeyjack, Bigstick......and probably other small cool local makers all over.

~matt

[1tuberider]

Don't forget

SANTAS WORKSHOP

[BrentP]

The only paddle I know anything about is the Kialoa. They are all hand built up in Oragon.

[joemosq]

Keep in mind when looking at paddles , if you are wanting a true US made paddle, that there is a difference in paddles that are actually "hand made" in the US and paddles that have their over seas produced parts assembled in the US.