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kroozzn62
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Joined: Nov 08, 2006
Posts: 122 |  Posted: 2006-11-18 06:08 am Permalink
very nice indeed "love the finish"
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micky tiki
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Joined: Aug 22, 2006
Posts: 19
From: lake worth, florida
| Posted: 2006-11-18 08:41 am Permalink
aloha and welcome to tc
great tiki..i love the finish keep em comin
mahalo
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10309
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2006-11-18 10:38 am Permalink
E-bay always has a ton of wood for sale at decent prices. I have found a lot. The exotic's are beautiful, but much harder to carve. You're doing great with pine and your Exacto blades. "If it Ain't broke, don't fix it", so keep on with the pine. You have anything else in the works?
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Yubaba
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Joined: Nov 14, 2006
Posts: 41
From: Belgium
| Posted: 2006-11-22 09:15 am Permalink
Thanks for all the warm welcomes!
Benzart, I have a few logs laying around waiting to be carved, but I need a new arrange of tools first. Just don't think the xacto knives will "cut" it...
I'm trying to start on a series of small tiki's, but I'm a little short on time right now.
Give me a couple of more days and I will be able to show more work
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Joined: Apr 07, 2006
Posts: 2722
From: West Bay Park, San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2006-11-22 6:10 pm Permalink
So how is the tiki scene over there in Belgium?
Nice piece too. Clean!
Buzzy
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Yubaba
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Joined: Nov 14, 2006
Posts: 41
From: Belgium
| Posted: 2006-11-23 07:13 am Permalink
Park Buzzy, maybe the scene here is very underground because I haven't seen any signs of a real scene yet. Past summer I saw vague signs of something forming, but all the rain in august washed that vibe away.
Most of the time when I talk about tiki's, people get this blank look in their eyes.
This little tiki was actually "commisioned" for a friend, as to be installed as a shiftstick. (hotrod fan) I will surely post pictures when it's installed, can hardly wait myself.
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Yubaba
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Joined: Nov 14, 2006
Posts: 41
From: Belgium
| Posted: 2006-11-30 03:48 am Permalink
Some new stuff, far from finished
I've been lurking around on this forum for a while and got inspired by Basement Kahuna & Tikimecula's clubs
This is my try, extreme fun
Hopefully one of you can answer this question for me, are chisels of this kind as expensive in the US as they are here in belgium?
These kind of prices depress me
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[ Edited by: Aaron's Akua - fixed images - 2006-11-30 12:17 ]
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McTiki
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Joined: Aug 22, 2004
Posts: 1945
From: Sunny Florida
| Posted: 2006-11-30 07:11 am Permalink
Yubaba, welcome to TC. I don't know how I missed this post. Wonderful carvings indeed. Post more!
Mahalo
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Mr. Dale
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Joined: Jan 26, 2004
Posts: 300
From: a garage somewhere in Arvada, Colorado
| Posted: 2006-11-30 08:20 am Permalink
Nice work......perfect balance and color.
Congratulations.
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benella
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Joined: Sep 27, 2006
Posts: 1423
From: Meudon, France
| Posted: 2006-11-30 10:01 am Permalink
Hey youbaba,
I'm impressed with the 3 tikis you showed today on your first picture. Very great work.
I agree completely with what you wrote about people when you talk about tikis. I think it is an european problem 
Where do you come from in Belgium ? My wife has just fell in love with Brugge.
What type of wood did you use ?
What will be the final color ?
Ben.
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Yubaba
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Joined: Nov 14, 2006
Posts: 41
From: Belgium
| Posted: 2006-11-30 1:52 pm Permalink
Benella, maybe we should plan a Tiki raid on central europe, together with HaiKai from Germany? I'm from Antwerp, now all we need is the dutch.
But they're probably too busy making clogs...
All the wood is pine, some bought, some scavenged
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tikimecula
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Joined: Apr 27, 2004
Posts: 413
From: BFE, KS
| Posted: 2006-11-30 9:02 pm Permalink
Good looking Tikis! Nice work on the Solomon Club, Keep it up!
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benella
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Joined: Sep 27, 2006
Posts: 1423
From: Meudon, France
| Posted: 2006-12-01 12:03 am Permalink
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On 2006-11-30 13:52, Yubaba wrote:
now all we need is the dutch.
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Yes you are totally right !!!
It would be cool.
Keep on posting.
Ben
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Basement Kahuna
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Joined: Oct 14, 2002
Posts: 3588
From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
| Posted: 2006-12-07 11:00 pm Permalink
Nice club, man!
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mieko
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Joined: May 01, 2006
Posts: 531
From: San Diego
| Posted: 2006-12-07 11:24 pm Permalink
Hi Yubaba! Great work! Are those new ones pine or basswood? They look great!
Chisels are pretty expensive, but you don't need a 20 piece set to begin with. In the US you can find straight chisels at the hardware store. I actually started with these 3 chisels for $10.
http://www.homedepot.com/prel80/HDUS/EN_US/diy_main/pg_diy.jsp?CNTTYPE=PROD_META&CNTKEY=misc%2fsearchResults.jsp&BV_SessionID=@@@@0426372712.1165562453@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccfcaddjihlgllgcgelceffdfgidgio.0&MID=9876
Hopefully you can find something similar. After you've worked with those, you can branch out into gouges, I've got 4 to begin with, and they're very helpful, and ran about $120. Most things you can do with the straight ones, it just takes a lot longer than the expensive chisels. 
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