Courtney wrote:
That's interesting. For the past 10 years I used to be a Werner rep and
before that work in paddling stores. I don't recall anything on a material
change. Maybe I just don't remember it or it was before I came into the
industry. By the way the white blades are just resin color. Werner still
had the Quest in white until just about 3 years ago.

I think the multilayer-fiberglass blades were more than 10 years ago.
E.g. Wenatchee. They were thicker and heavier than current models.

These are the ones I saw a horse step on and break, so I don't believe
they are really any stronger than current blades, just heavier.

After a horse stepped on my Wenatchee, I patched it with epoxy and
fiberglass fabric, and continued using it until a friend lost it
on the Eel Pillsbury run. Odd, it just disappeared into Double Drop,
and even at ultra low flows we couldn't see it!

Thanks both of you for the help on rim rubber edging.