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|File:USA Rowing Blade.svg
 |alt1=Red, white and blue blade
 |USA National Team blade
|File:Harvard Kennedy School Rowing Blade.svg
 |alt2=Blade with Red and white alternating stripes
 |[[Harvard Kennedy School]]<ref name="Siliezar">{{cite news |last1=Siliezar |first1=Juan |title=Blades of glory |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/10/a-definitive-guide-to-the-19-designs-on-the-oars-of-harvard-teams-and-clubs |work=Harvard Gazette |date=2019-10-17}}</ref>
|File:University_of_California_Berkeley_Boat_Club_Rowing_Blade.svg
 |alt3=Blue blade with a gold triangle
 |[[University of California]]
|File:Sabc blade.png
 |alt4=White oar with a blue Cross of Saint Andrew
 |[[St Andrew Boat Club]]
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This is a list of [[Oar (sport rowing)|blade]]s of national teams, [[rowing club]]s, schools and [[College rowing (United States)|universities]].  The designs are not trademarked while the sport remains near globally not-for-profit although in some jurisdictions a club may assert [[design rights]] and similar to prevent imitation.  It is also possible where identical or near identical blades are watched in winter [[head race]]s or in summer side-by-side (multi-lane regatta) races for there to be instances of mistaken identity among supporters all of which considerations are commonly borne in mind instead of choosing unpainted blades among established clubs.

==National teams==
{{main|List of rowing blades - National team oars}}
National teams often draw their colours from the related national flags.

==Clubs==
{{main|List of rowing blades - Club oars}}
Club colours may be entirely original or very often based on local governmental or manorial coats of arms.  

==School and university==
{{main|List of rowing blades – School and university}}

As with other academic sports teams the blades used tend to draw as their inspiration heraldry of their academic institutions.  On rare occasions a colour difference between male and female blades is found in academic settings, as in the case of [[Worcester College Boat Club|Worcester College, Oxford]].

==See also==
* [[Oar (sport rowing)]]
* [[Gallery of sovereign state flags]]
* [[List of coats of arms]]
* [[List of universities]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commonscat|Rowing blades}}
* [http://www.oarspotter.com Oar Spotter]

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