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... not sure I understand your problem but I'll try to give what help I can. I used to make (and sell) bent shaft paddles for Whitewater (http://home.flash.net/~spaccano/sale.htm#Paddles if you're curious) and we had all kinds of problems with the tips. Aluminum, wood, composite, Kevlar/epoxy paste, ...

... and my enthusiastic crossbow move was a little too enthusiastic - over I went, upside down and headed broadside for the "hamburger". I rolled in a flash, the roll just another stroke, then *bam* dropping to the left around the boulder I tripped over another rock and flipped back over immediately. ...