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Benzart
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From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
|  Posted: 2007-03-27 8:32 pm Permalink
T-Gap, that piggie's lookin good enuf to roast!. Just stick an apple in his mouth and Light the fire,,Oops, Nope, can't do thattt. Coon tiki tu?
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tikigap
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From: Arlingtron Virginia
| Posted: 2007-03-27 8:41 pm Permalink
Here's a couple more pics -
Hangin hog:
He really does look a lot better than these pictures show.
The wood is totally cool. It's a walnut root.
His head and ears were underground for a long time.
Hey Benz... I might just show up for Coon tiki again - I can't be sure yet though. Me and Conga might be workin somthin out. It's just down the road a piece from my place.
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Tiki Diablo
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| Posted: 2007-03-28 08:54 am Permalink
Cool Gap, I tike this guy.
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JohnnyP
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| Posted: 2007-04-02 12:21 pm Permalink
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On 2007-03-27 20:41, tikigap wrote:
His head and ears were underground for a long time.
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Must be hunting for truffels then.
Very nice drum sticks! I bet that sounds great. I'm glad to see you got back to it.
How are the lungs doing, did you work out a dust collection system?
JP
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Sneakytiki
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| Posted: 2007-04-02 3:54 pm Permalink
That's a really nice pig slit gong! Fun and functional! It might be cool if u drilled some holes and carved/procured some pig tusks to put in his hog mouth as tusks are so manly an' all in Melanesia.
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Benzart
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| Posted: 2007-04-02 6:28 pm Permalink
T-Gap, That would be totally cool. Bring some pig, we could roast him up for sure!
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tikigap
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| Posted: 2007-04-02 6:53 pm Permalink
Hey thanks Danny (haven't heard from you in a while!), Johnny, SneakyT and Ben - you guys are too kind.
JP - I'm all better now respiratory wise, especially now with summer knocking on the door - I can take some of this stuff outside and breath.
Sneaky - I thought about tusks. I have some beaver teeth (Fangs) I was scoping it out with... I might just have to do that if I can find the right teeth. (Hmmm. Maybe I'll check with GMAN  )
I don't ever even enter my little workshop without a respirator now though.
I don't want to go thru that again. My dust collection system is still
a big old shop vac... I'm still working that problem.
Ben! - I "solved" the eye problem, at least temporarily. I made the eye sockets deeper and bigger, which got past the first problem I was having (the "check-in-his-head-right-where-his-right-eye-would-go problem).
I carved inserts to fit snugly into the sockets, so I could change them around and figger out what worked best. Since I couldn't decide what to do really, I just made some dark black little beady eyes on a stick (a-la Mr. Potatohead!) and drilled a small hole in each eye socket, and pounded the beady little eyes in there.
They might fall out if the drum is actually used hard enough, but by that time I may have a better solution, and can put something else in there. I'm giving the pig to some friends of mine so I'll be able to visit and 'adjust' it in the future. I really gotta work on eyes... that's gotta be the hardest part of carving for me.
The pig has been hoggin up my workshop for too long - it'll be nice to give him away and get back to a stone thing I was trying to work on.
I'll post some final pictures when I get him outside for a kodak moment.
Anyway - long and windy as usual. Sorry about that.
Thanks again everyone...
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tikigap
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| Posted: 2007-04-12 5:45 pm Permalink
Pig done, finally.
Hangin on the wall:
signed his ass:
I love the Head Grain in this walnut:
Lilac drumsticks and the leather "thong" to hang him up by his you-know-what:
This is the under side with the drumsticks in there:
and this is them hanging out:
It's finished with 20,000 coats of tung oil. No, really.
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| Posted: 2007-04-12 6:58 pm Permalink
Most excellent! As a serious hog connoisseur, I can see the real beauty in him. What an awesome piece! I would love to try to make one of those one day.
Bacon, bacon,
G
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congatiki
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| Posted: 2007-04-12 7:41 pm Permalink
I am squealing with delight! This finished up really nice GAP, and even better that
it's a drum. I liked this one all along but I never thought it would turn out so cool.
See ya at Coontiki II huh?
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tikigap
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| Posted: 2007-04-12 9:31 pm Permalink
Hey GMAN - that means a lot comin from you! It's a pretty good pig, you know? - And Conga - I love you man! Thanks a lot for the support!
Thanks again fellas....
gap
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Sneakytiki
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| Posted: 2007-04-12 9:48 pm Permalink
T-G,
I love the porker an' branding his ass was a stroke of brilliance. I hear that cures hog-roids.
S T
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benella
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| Posted: 2007-04-13 06:16 am Permalink
Very nice work, man.
Love the grain of the head too. It is super top.
Benjamin.
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JohnnyP
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From: Attica, MI
| Posted: 2007-04-13 7:35 pm Permalink
I saw this right after you posted yesterday, but didn't have the time to post. This piece kicks $%^&. You did a fantastic job on it. Some day I have to hear it play. Congrats on a job well done.
Alright. What is next?
JP
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Benzart
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| Posted: 2007-04-13 8:10 pm Permalink
YES, Excellent job, and Nice solution to the eyes, They look great and you have room for improvement if it is found, Very Creative Thinkin'.
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