: 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?

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Your questions make much sense. It's important to have two paddles aboard in case you'd loose one.
You can make a take-apart Euro paddle quite easily. Buy two brass tubes, about 8" long: the larger in the diameter of the shaft, the smaller that would just fit into the larger tube. They should slide one into the other easy but snug.
Then drill a hole into both tubes assembled, about 8 millimeters (1/3").
Buy one of these stainless steel fittings, a v-shaped spring narrow blade that has a button on one end, run it into the tube and let the button pop out of the perforation. It will keep the tubes -and both half-paddles- assembled. Depress the button and they'll slide free.
It's tougher on a GP cause the shaft is oval-squarish shaped. You may try to squeeze the tubes to deform them but you need a press to do that.
You can force the shafts, whatever their shape, into the round tubes.
Tom Yost and Harvey Golden did so IIRC. Their sites' addresses available if you want.
Both wooden shafts are forced into the brass tubes of course. They shouldn't run the full length of the brass center tubes so as to keep some space for the spring. You can pick two positions for two buttons if you want to feather the paddle (not my kind, though): meaning two holes in the larger tube at the same distance from the ends.
A German company manufactures those springs, I'll find the address if you want.
You could find some at outdoor gear shops in the tents' spare parts dept (for old tents that had strong tubes), but they often come in a quality that's not stainless.
Euro paddles are great for speed paddling. Greenlandics are better for the long haul. The length of the shaft should be chosen in accordance with the beam of the boat and the freeboard as well.
Euro paddles fit tourism or high-volume craft better, but again it also depends on the length of the paddle. On low-volume, "rolling" greenlandic kayaks you'll find yourself paddling near at surface level, and your paddle will hit the surface sooner than on a Canadian high-volume replica; even sooner if your paddle is a Euro -or an Inuit high speed paddle- that has large blades.

My twopence.

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