: there's no way your first paddle will be "perfect". Even if the
: dimensions work out fine for you, there will always be a little voice in
: the back of your head saying "what if I changed...?"

so, do your home work, prepare your plan, and go to it. And when you are at it, forget the plan. Forget that little voice in the back of your head (that's that anal-ness piping there). Listen to the paddle! Use it and listen to it. It'll tell you what it wants to become.

(Heck I must be loosing it! Trying to teach design philosophy to a bunch of self-proclaimed anal cases! Rats )