I just picked up a piece of wood today to make a West Greenland style paddle. I am using instructions made available by Chuck Holst which I have seen done by many sites I have visited.

My question is....
I am a begineer. I need to make two paddles and right now my plan is to make one Greenland and one European. Is this a mistake? Should I just make two of the same type? Has anyone ever made a Greenland paddle two piece? It seems that the paddle would be easier stored in two pieces rather than one. Is there any credence to this? And how about paddle floats for Greenland style paddles. Are there any instructions out there for making this item?

I have only paddled using a European style paddle and it was very comfortable although I rarely paddled for longer than 3 hours or so. Also that was all on sit on top type boats. I like what I've read about the Greenland style paddles and really plan on trying to learn using that if possible. I am also going to be trying to learn rolling and I have seen a lot of text talking about how great these paddles are when rolling.

Thanks,

Tony