I have to concur with all of the reviews as stated, Jeff Solway is one of the best fellows to deal with, and is very much a man of his word, I also have a 58" cherry med-flex. Great for deep water paddling in Killarny, I was up on the Fox river in the U-P of Michigan in october-01, a tough wilderness river and broke my paddle during a hard left draw stroke, e-mailed Jeff when I got home and he said that he wouild send me a paddle as soon as he had more done and received it last week. The only draw-back for me is that there is no rockguard dip on the end of the paddle just to keep the end from getting the usual wear and tear marks,But again 4 stars for Jeff and his company,He also builds a fine Yoke also ! ! R.Orchard