Lamiglas and Cataracts are going to be essentially the same thing when it comes to feel and weight. Where you spend the big dough it will be on blades. You can get the new Razor blades from Cataract that balance the oar really well without a counter-weight on it but they bump the price of a pair up to 500 dollars. A pair of cataracts or lamiglas oars with the standard magnum blade is 390 I believe.
Isaac
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