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JohnnyP
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From: Attica, MI
|  Posted: 2006-11-26 2:45 pm Permalink
Hope everybody had a great holiday! Vacation is over folks get back to carving and posting. It has been a few slow days around here.
I finished the horns right before Thanksgiving.
And here is the next projects starting. The long log is going to be a Vanuatu Slit Gong just under 8 feet and the slab of wood is Pighammer part Duex.
JP
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congatiki
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From: wisconsin northwoods
| Posted: 2006-11-26 2:50 pm Permalink
the horns are great Johnny, I assume they are hollowed out, duh? Are you using a
hook knife for the detail? very nice.
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Paipo
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From: Aotearoa / NZ
| Posted: 2006-11-26 4:48 pm Permalink
Nice nice nice! I'm pretty excited about the slit gong. Who's getting the second PIGHAMMER - not some fishy fellow in Florida is it?!?
I'm still keen to host those sound files for you so we can hear the horns - send 'em in to me!
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GMAN
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From: My Island
| Posted: 2006-11-27 07:15 am Permalink
JohnnyP - always a busy man! An 8' slit drum aye? Croc-style or ancestral figure-style? Kool! Your musical instruments are outrageous! I was thinking that log was gonna be a mini canoe.....a mock-up so we know what we are working toward. I'll settle for a big slit drum. Have you and Piapo been able to get the sounds hosted and posted? I wants to hears 'em!
Hey Paipo - I resemble that remark! But really, I don't know who PIGHAMMER II is for. Maybe he wants to carry a back-up club when I take him into the hog swamp? Maybe I leave him in there and I keep both clubs........ 
-Gman
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Queen Kamehameha
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From: So Cal
| Posted: 2006-11-27 11:14 am Permalink
Johnny P, the horns are very cool!
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Bete
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Posts: 490 | Posted: 2006-11-28 4:37 pm Permalink
The horns turned out nice.
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Hakalugi
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From: Redondo Beach, CA
| Posted: 2006-11-29 9:10 pm Permalink
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On 2006-11-26 14:45, JohnnyP wrote:
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And here is the next projects starting. The long log is going to be a Vanuatu Slit Gong just under 8 feet and the slab of wood is Pighammer part Duex.
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Cool!! I love a good slit gong. 
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Lake Surfer
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Joined: Oct 21, 2002
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From: Milwaukee, WI
| Posted: 2006-11-30 01:08 am Permalink
Ahhhh, the log harvest. I miss those days. I've got way too many right now, and with a foot of snow on the way log harvesting will be tough.
60° to 30° in 12 hours... then a foot of snow. But you already know the joys of Midwest weather.
Nice stuff... now get back to work!
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JohnnyP
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From: Attica, MI
| Posted: 2006-12-01 4:10 pm Permalink
Conga- No I didn't use the hook knife for the detail. It was a combination of Flexcuts and Foredome.
Gman- The Prototype outrigger canoe is close to being started, this slit gong will be an ancestor figure standing upright.
Paipo- This slit gong has me pretty excited to. The second Pighammer is for me. Gman is getting the first as soon as I can part with it. I think I better part with it soon, or he will come an get it. I should be afraid of a guy who uses a chainsaw for a hobby, shoots large caliber cannon, and kills wild boar with a little itty bitty knife- On second thought he doesn't need a Pighammer.
Thank you Queen Kamehameha, Bete, and Hakalugi  . I appreciate the support.
Lake- Hope you weathered the storm. Mostly rain here so far, we've been lucky to miss the worst that has hit the rest of the northern parts of the country.
Hewey- I noticed you asked a question a while ago that I didn't answer. I carved the inside of the cannibal fork by cutting a cross shape down the tine by making two cuts 90 cuts as deep as the tines. Then I drilled out the core following the intersection of the two cuts. To round the tines I used sandpaper and a lot of patience. Hope that made sense. Finkdaddy, the turkey fat only left a little patina on the fork that adds to the character.
Remember this piece. I finally got motivated to start working on it again now that the weather is rainy and cold outside. Here is little update. I'll be working on this a little every night for a while.
It looks like I am going to be able to get two Pighammers out of the slab. Happy Happy.
Thanks for looking,
JohnnyPighammer.
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Basement Kahuna
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From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
| Posted: 2006-12-01 4:30 pm Permalink
Nice...your New Guinea work is superb. The most authentic looking from any carver I've seen here..
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Benzart
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From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2006-12-01 4:54 pm Permalink
Ditto what BK said. Glad to see you pick up that piece again. More pighammers, Yippee
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congatiki
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From: wisconsin northwoods
| Posted: 2006-12-01 5:53 pm Permalink
Good to see you back on the prow johnny. After reviewing your whole thread I gotta agree with the
Basement dweller, you are the man for the PNG stuff. It looks like you took a little cruise along
the Sepik and grabbed a little something from all the villages. Great attention to detail!
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Paipo
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From: Aotearoa / NZ
| Posted: 2006-12-01 6:48 pm Permalink
HAMMER TIME!
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benella
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From: Meudon, France
| Posted: 2006-12-02 01:41 am Permalink
WWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Can't wait to see more.
Ben
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Tamapoutini
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From: Aotearoa (New Zealand)
| Posted: 2006-12-02 02:09 am Permalink
Awesome!
I missed the intro to this Croc. Looks like a goodie!
Im another who's waiting to hear the haunting tones...
Watch out Piggies - Here's Johnny! And he's got a hammer in each hand... (better get those two separated; they look a little... um, cosy...)
Nice work. T3
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