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Permalink Reply by AJ DeRosa on July 3, 2013 at 12:21pm

Soak them again and bend them the other way.  Sounds too simple but it works.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan M Geider on July 3, 2013 at 3:29pm

WILL THEY EVER STAY STRAIGHT IF I SOAK THEM AND KEEP THEM STRAIGHT WHEN DRYING? AFTER THEY DRY THEN RE-SEAL THEM.

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Permalink Reply by mitchell on July 3, 2013 at 3:12pm

I've rowed with unitentionally bent oar blades (smoker solid ash) for 11 years. Each or has to be in it's own lock though, one oar fits well in one lock and the other oar fits well in the other. Makes for a interesting start to every trip. Gee, this dosen't feel right. How fast can I remove and replace...pretty darn quick. The unintentional cup does scoop a good amount of water :-) It would be easy to mark each oar or but that would be to to easy

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Permalink Reply by AJ DeRosa on July 3, 2013 at 4:37pm

OK Try this.  Soak the oars in a creek for a few days.  Now put them on saw horses and hang a five gallon  bucket at the top of the bend. Now add weight till the oar bends  the other way.  You must bend it back past straight to take the curve out.  Check every now and then and repeat as needed.  

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Permalink Reply by Ryan M Geider on July 3, 2013 at 4:38pm

thanks

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Permalink Reply by Lawrence E. Long on July 4, 2013 at 2:15am

If AJ's method did not do the trick( it will no doubt unless you live  in the desert)  you might have to resort to steam bending.  Ash is  very easy to steam- think snowshoes.  My kneelocks are steamed white oak.  Oars that are bent in the bow-stern direction are not to bad.  If in the up-down orientation are a real PITA.  Do you know anyone with a hot tub?

Good luck- let us know how it worked out

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Permalink Reply by Ryan M Geider on July 4, 2013 at 7:04am

Hot tub?

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Permalink Reply by Lawrence E. Long on July 4, 2013 at 8:08am

If you don't have a creek and don't want to steam bend try to stick the oars in a hot tub  for a few days.  Just thinking outside the box

Good luck

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Permalink Reply by Troy Nicolls on July 4, 2013 at 9:40pm

I just bent mine back to straight again. Had one a good 1 inch out of wack. We had a little rain here a week ago (its 109 now!), so I put the oars out in the rain while over-straightening the bow with some large c-clamps. 4 days later, they were straight. Like everybody else said, water, weight and wait. 

I'm drinking a beer now...

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