You should keep using it, it does have another possible use...
... an anchor!

You should weigh it and let everyone now how heavy it it is. It was even heavier than Curt's club of a paddle, and its a few feet shorter.

: I have a new storm paddle, that I made a little shorter so it'd fit on the
: fordeck, and be better for a sliding stroke.

: Unfortunately, I chose the wrong blank - a nice piece of tight-grained old
: growth fir, that weighs a ton. I cant believe how much this thing weighs,
: but I dont have a scale and even if I did I'd be too embarrased to post
: the number.

: I'm thinking I could block it onto a flat 2x6 and run it through the planer,
: take it down on both sides to about 3/8" thick, leaving the shape and
: the edges. Than laminate cedar, or redwood, or *gasp* buy some spruce and
: laminate that, and then reshape it.

: Has anybody tried this? I dont see why it wouldnt work, and while the result
: might still be heavier, it would be a lot lighter than it is now. And,
: it'd have nice tough edges. In the worst case, I'd ruin it, which would
: make it only a little harder to duplicate.

: And, since Ive taken to numbering my blades to keep track of them, I think
: this one is #11. Would it then become #13 in its new incarnation, or would
: it retain #11 since the shape is the same? The markings would be planed
: off...