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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10306
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
|  Posted: 2009-08-13 7:24 pm Permalink
Thanks Amy, And Thanks for Wearing Benzart at Oasis this year too!
Conga Thanks for the kind words, I finished the bird and he wants to Fly away
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Thanl\ks Aloha You are playing with your Bone? 
Glad you like the stuff. You got more carved?
Surfin! Thanks for the sweetness, Yeah Get that MAG and accept NO Substitute!. Cheers man
Bali Dan, Thanks for the kind words, Glad you liked the story and the new stuff  
ig daddy, Thanks for the positive words and get up outta that chair and go get that article! Thanks big time man.
Finished the non tiki eagle today from a Wart Hog Tusk. He's done.
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PutiTiki
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Joined: Jun 08, 2009
Posts: 34 | Posted: 2009-08-13 9:44 pm Permalink
Benzart, I can't even start to comprehend the dedication to detail in your work. It gives a beginner like me LOTS to strive for. Keep doing what you're doing and how you're doing it - great work.
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laojia
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Joined: Feb 04, 2009
Posts: 917
From: Metz Lorraine France
| Posted: 2009-08-13 11:21 pm Permalink
WOW Benz! The eagle head look very realistic! and I'm also impressed by the bone Lono...
My curiosity is piqued about the latest tiki mag. I will get it as soon as possible!
J.
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tikipaka
Grand Member (3 years) 
Joined: May 31, 2006
Posts: 633
From: New York
| Posted: 2009-08-14 01:49 am Permalink
Benz, this eagle looks so good and so detailed. We have seen a close up on one that lives by the creek near us. How is it that you seem to just get better and better with every piece you make?  Keep up the great work.
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finkdaddy
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Joined: May 11, 2004
Posts: 2050
From: Wisconsin
| Posted: 2009-08-14 05:12 am Permalink
Man, I hate it when you do that! 
Just kidding, of course. It's actually really cool to see you do something non-tiki. I've seen some pics of your sea life pieces and they are truely outstanding. I would really like to see you do some of that again!
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10306
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2009-08-14 05:39 am Permalink
Putitiki, Thanks for the kindness, I guess when you have done a Lot of carvings you just start looking for ways to stay interested by not doing the same old things and by getting into all the little corners and crevices and cleaning them up to the best of your ability.
Thanks Laojia, Yes definitely get the latest Tiki Mag, it has some great stuff in it not counting the story about me.lol Glad you like the new bone stuff.
Thanks T-Pak, Uh-Oh, you've seen the real deal up close which means I'm busted. Mine doesn't look real but when I saw the Wart hog tusk, it just looked like an Eagle so I carved away the stuff that didn't fit. As to why I keep getting better with every piece maybe it's your glasses getting worse every week?  Have yer eyes checked recently?
Thanks Finky, yes this is the first non tiki piece I've done since I began carving again here in '04, guess it's about time.
Thanks again for your kind words in that story!
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TheBigT
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1155
From: Fabulous Houston
| Posted: 2009-08-14 07:11 am Permalink
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The only word for this is WOW. You continue to inspire Ben!
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big daddy
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Joined: Oct 02, 2008
Posts: 325
From: houston
| Posted: 2009-08-14 08:08 am Permalink
wow benz.......wow. that mean ole wart hog didn't need that tusk anyway, good thing he donated it to you.
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10306
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2009-08-14 08:50 am Permalink
Thanks BigT, I do my best most of the time
Big daddy Yeah, goot thing that hey?
AND I just HAPPEN to have a Few More
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10306
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2009-08-17 06:01 am Permalink
Well, the Bony Lono is almost done, just a ton of clean up.
Here's the latest progress shots
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AlohaStation
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Joined: Sep 27, 2004
Posts: 2003
From: So FL
| Posted: 2009-08-17 06:42 am Permalink
I was at an antiques place this weekend and saw a carved elephant tusk. Not unusual but my question is that it had a petina on it. Kind of a chocolate brown - is this a paint or a dye?
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TheBigT
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1155
From: Fabulous Houston
| Posted: 2009-08-17 09:20 am Permalink
Nice. Love that facial expression. The tongue is really cool how it's longer on one side like some kind of wild grimace.
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laojia
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Joined: Feb 04, 2009
Posts: 917
From: Metz Lorraine France
| Posted: 2009-08-17 2:25 pm Permalink
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This Lono ghostly vision that delights me!!!
J.
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domin
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jul 16, 2009
Posts: 18 | Posted: 2009-08-17 2:59 pm Permalink
man that thing looks crisp. don't know what you'd possibly have to clean up.
I love all that find detailing, awesome.
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Aaron's Akua
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Jul 09, 2004
Posts: 1594
From: Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
| Posted: 2009-08-17 9:10 pm Permalink
Man! Is it just me or have you been picking up the pace lately (carving wounds and all!)? All of the Benzart creativity, skill and details as always, just faster... Seriously, it's easy to just take for granted that each of your pieces is just as, or even more awesome than the last... You've got us spoiled, Ben.
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