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TheBigT
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1155
From: Fabulous Houston
|  Posted: 2008-12-11 11:19 am Permalink
Great sign! Good luck. I like the moai the best. I see you kept all the really wicked stuff for yourself.  Or is all the old stuff already sold?
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congatiki
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Joined: Jun 01, 2004
Posts: 2406
From: wisconsin northwoods
| Posted: 2008-12-11 3:32 pm Permalink
Nice work Tuscon...I also really like the little bugger on the table...
and the table is pretty cool too...did you make that as well? Good progress
with your creations.
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buzzard
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 26, 2008
Posts: 237
From: whetstone,az
| Posted: 2008-12-11 6:45 pm Permalink
hey tt ,the tikis are looking good!
i hope you do good at the fair also,i am building a place
little by little in sierra vista and was wondering
if i could sell some for beer money or would have to switch
to cigar store inians
i have been using teak oil on mine,do you know what the difference
between tung and teak oil is?
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Tucson Tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 27, 2008
Posts: 178 | Posted: 2008-12-12 09:16 am Permalink
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On 2008-12-11 11:13, tikifreak1 wrote:
Nice job! When you use the tung oil do you put it on over stain or is that what it looks like natural? I think I might try that, it has a cool finish.
Craig
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I make sure the palm is as smooth as I can get it and then just use the tung oil put on with a rag. I have no idea what the difference between tung and teak. I have used both and prefer the tung oil as it seems not ss dark and dries pretty quick.
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Tucson Tiki
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Joined: Jan 27, 2008
Posts: 178 | Posted: 2008-12-12 09:21 am Permalink
Buzzard, Hard telling what is going to work around here. All I know is I just love carving the stuff that I carve.If they sell, great. If not, I guess I am going to have a lot tikis around my pad. Cigar store indians might not be a bad idea in these parts .I would need to get some big ol' wampuum logs though.HiyayayayHiyayayya!
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Tucson Tiki
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Joined: Jan 27, 2008
Posts: 178 | Posted: 2008-12-12 09:22 am Permalink
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On 2008-12-11 11:19, TheBigT wrote:
Great sign! Good luck. I like the moai the best. I see you kept all the really wicked stuff for yourself. Or is all the old stuff already sold?
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No, everything I have is for sale. I just didnt feel like dragging it out for that last pic.
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Tucson Tiki
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Joined: Jan 27, 2008
Posts: 178 | Posted: 2008-12-16 5:13 pm Permalink
The street fair was pretty cool. I did not have a great spot as far as volume of people goes but, I was in the beer garden of "The Hut". Not a bad place to be if I might say so. I had a great time and made one big sale that made the effort worthwile indeed. Met Dr. Goat and his lovely wife at the shindig and had a great time carving a tiki in the beer garden of the Hut. Handed out a bunch of my biz cards and had a lot a good feedback on my work. Overall a great day doing what I love. Here is the pic of the tiki I was working on in the beer garden. Funny how alcohol brings out creativity in an individual.( Is this a problem?) The other happy face fellow is one that I kicked out quick for the street fair to have some extra work there. The last one shows the logo I have been using on my work. The TT is for my handle here and the lightning bolt S is for my last name and the the year Enjoy!
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Jungle Trader
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Joined: Jan 04, 2003
Posts: 3691
From: Trader's Jungle Outpost, Turlock, Ca.
| Posted: 2008-12-16 6:27 pm Permalink
Hot Damn you're coming along nicely there TT. Good stuff.
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drgoat456
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Joined: May 28, 2008
Posts: 458
From: Tucson
| Posted: 2008-12-16 7:51 pm Permalink
TT,
It was great meeting you too! You're work is even better in the 'wood' than it is online in pics. If things were aliitle more stable, I'd have that happy boy on the right already. Met Doug Horne also, his work is a gas and he's a nice guy.
Got to have one of your carvings soonest, so here's looking to see you again.
Caio & best of everything to you & yours.
ps Glad you made a good sale...Did you sell one of your tall Lonos? Somebody is one happy fellow, right now.
[ This Message was edited by: drgoat456 2008-12-16 19:54 ]
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Tucson Tiki
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Joined: Jan 27, 2008
Posts: 178 | Posted: 2008-12-16 8:43 pm Permalink
Thanks Dr. G, I sold my Big Head Bastard. The one that had Easter Island influence and a round big head and earrings. Had a lot of people throughout the day giving me good praise. Felt good to be appreciated for all my hard work. TT
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drgoat456
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Joined: May 28, 2008
Posts: 458
From: Tucson
| Posted: 2008-12-17 11:57 am Permalink
You deserve it.
By the way, my wife appreciated the 'lovely' comment. She sends her best and wants one of your pieces in our home too.
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Tiki Diablo
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Jun 24, 2002
Posts: 1888
From: socal
| Posted: 2009-02-23 10:32 pm Permalink
TT you've come along way since your first carvings. Starting to develop that style !
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seeksurf
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Joined: Sep 27, 2007
Posts: 2144
From: Buckley, WA
| Posted: 2009-02-24 5:14 pm Permalink
Looking good. I didn't see the stools before whats up with
them they are cool.
Whats going on with the cedar log?
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big daddy
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Joined: Oct 02, 2008
Posts: 325
From: houston
| Posted: 2009-02-24 8:41 pm Permalink
nice pieces there TT. yeah alcohol does bring out the creativity but you got watch out for the tools, they sometimes attack when the alcohol flows. keep up the great work.
bd
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Tucson Tiki
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Joined: Jan 27, 2008
Posts: 178 | Posted: 2009-02-25 08:10 am Permalink
Seeksurf, The stools are something I picked up at a garage sale. No idea where there from. I have been working on a couple of small pieces. I have not started on the logs I got from you yet. I will soon. I have a commission job for a large one that I am going to use a palm. It is too heavy too move right now though. Will post some pics of my small pieces later. Out.
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