When Charles F. Kilgore of Minneapolis filed his patent for a boat-propelling kit in 1915, his aim was simply to move a watercraft. What he had drawn was the paddle, and it has been moving people forward ever since.
Used for survival and for recreation, the paddle handed people control over their own travel - to see more, and to do more. This piece presents Kilgore’s kit in full detail, etched precisely into high-quality birch and hand-stained.
