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Basement Kahuna
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Joined: Oct 14, 2002
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From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
|  Posted: 2002-12-18 8:01 pm Permalink
Well, folks...here's the Maori house panel done but minus the abalone eyes (coming from a friend that collects antique buttons). It took a week of steady carving in my spare time. The wood stained up beautifully...it's around 32 x 24". Whaddaya think?  
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Tiki Diablo
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Joined: Jun 24, 2002
Posts: 1890
From: socal
| Posted: 2002-12-18 8:13 pm Permalink
Beautiful work, and finish. This guy can carve.
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PolynesianPop
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
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From: Corona, Ca
| Posted: 2002-12-19 07:58 am Permalink
Wow, excellent work!
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Kailuageoff
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Joined: Mar 27, 2002
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From: Honolulu Lounge,Lewes, DE
| Posted: 2002-12-19 08:07 am Permalink
Man, that carving kicks butt! How many hours did you put into that?
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Trader Woody
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
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From: Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK
| Posted: 2002-12-19 08:07 am Permalink
You could have said that it just arrived from New Zealand and I'd have believed you.
Superb work!
Trader Woody
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Kailuageoff
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Joined: Mar 27, 2002
Posts: 1486
From: Honolulu Lounge,Lewes, DE
| Posted: 2002-12-19 08:14 am Permalink
Maybe he carved those big bad Luau tikis he claims to have found in an "antique" shop.
Anyone else notice how they seem to be multiplying?
Nah, nobody is that good!
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GECKO
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Joined: Jun 01, 2002
Posts: 1049
From: South Sea Arts Honolulu
| Posted: 2002-12-19 09:51 am Permalink
Sweeeet! ya das a keeper! I wish I had the time to make stuff for myself!
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Basement Kahuna
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Joined: Oct 14, 2002
Posts: 3587
From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
| Posted: 2002-12-19 10:31 am Permalink
Thanks, guys. The encouragement kicks butt. I tend to be too much of a critic of my own stuff...It took a lot of patient work, about 8 nights at about 3-4 hours a night. No, I didn't carve those Imperial Luau tikis....if I had skills like that I wouldn't be wasting my time as an antique dealer! I'm starting work on a Solomon Islands ceremonial paddle and a large Atakara when I get the Holidays out of the way. I have been thinking about trying to pile up some my war clubs, paddles, spirit boards, etc. and try a tiki acessory sale down at the Hukilau '03 bazaar. And Gecko ya still got that spirit board? Every time I get the camera charged up it seems like I get dragged away by something else..
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GECKO
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From: South Sea Arts Honolulu
| Posted: 2002-12-19 11:21 am Permalink
I still get em. I'll save it for ya Wen eva you ready. A friend showed me the mug you are talking about fo trade and no I don't have that.
Good idea about selling at da Hukilau '03. Everytime I see your panel I think about my Koa body board I'm carving on. It's just hard to spend a lot of time on certain pieces of work right now!
Aloha
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tikitony
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Joined: Aug 18, 2002
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From: Ventura, CA
| Posted: 2002-12-21 04:25 am Permalink
Can anyone else see this tiki. Trustar already picked this one up so its not really for sale anymore...
Gecko, your carvings are grrrrrreeat! (tony tiger)
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tikitony
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From: Ventura, CA
| Posted: 2002-12-21 04:52 am Permalink
tHese aRe my last two that I carved!
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Basement Kahuna
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From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
| Posted: 2002-12-21 09:44 am Permalink
Cool stuff, looking good....you guys are lucky to have a supply of palm logs. I haven't tried any freestanding tikis yet. I'm about to try my first in poplar....a five footer in a Marquesan style, after a postcard we have in the collection from the old New York Trader Vic's. All we can get around here is pine and poplar. You do see cherry, walnut, and oak, of which cherry is the best carving wood, but large logs almost always go timberframe. I have them saving large 2x slices for me, like the cherry panel above.
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PolynesianPop
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From: Corona, Ca
| Posted: 2002-12-21 6:00 pm Permalink
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Hmmm...really? I don't even know where to find palm logs. Where does everybody get their logs?
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GECKO
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From: South Sea Arts Honolulu
| Posted: 2002-12-22 12:30 am Permalink
Mahalo tikitony, you get nice carvings too brah. keep it up.
Polypop, if u lookin fo some trees(not da pakalolo kine) call da tree cutters in your village from da phone book. those guys hate shredding palm because it wen jam up da equiptment. good luck.
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Tiki Diablo
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Joined: Jun 24, 2002
Posts: 1890
From: socal
| Posted: 2002-12-22 10:20 am Permalink
Polypop, If you want to try your hand at carving , i'll give a starter log.
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