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Grapa-Ruha's Carving a meal for the Marq pg.10 |
Grapa-RuHa
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Joined: Oct 21, 2008
Posts: 174
From: Netherlands
|  Posted: 2008-10-23 12:21 am Permalink
Aloha, here's some of my first Tiki caving i did for my bike. Now i have found this place i see i have a lot to learn about Tikis and carving. The work i see here is amazing and a great inspiration.
I simply love the 'how to' posts as they are a great help in figuring out what to use and how to use it.
Now al i have to do is find some decent logs.
valve cap
Shifter
Bike from the front
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buzzard
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Joined: Jan 26, 2008
Posts: 237
From: whetstone,az
| Posted: 2008-10-23 09:16 am Permalink
pretty cool for your 1st ones cannot wait to see your 100th
any wood is good wood if its the only wood you have
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Mr. NoNaMe
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Joined: May 10, 2006
Posts: 1866 | Posted: 2008-10-23 09:50 am Permalink
Ahh, you crazy Dutch and your bicycles. Great tikis. Valve caps is a great idea.
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Grapa-RuHa
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Joined: Oct 21, 2008
Posts: 174
From: Netherlands
| Posted: 2008-10-24 12:49 pm Permalink
Thanks for the kind words. You both made some excelent Tikis.
Mr no name, i used broomstick to make the valve caps.
Here's a bigger one i made last week frome a big log, about 5ft, i got from a friend.
It had a bit of rot but since it was meant to be fire wood foor a beachclub, it was dry and ready to use.
So i brought my chissels the next day and spent al the time i had hammering out the top head and knocked out the bottom one the next day.
Somewhere during this procces i googled Tiki and found TG, so in the past week i have bought a hookknife
and got a few small pieces of oak branch to practice carving, and try and make some clean cut stuff.
I will make some pics of what i did with the hookknife tomorrow.
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TheBigT
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006
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From: Fabulous Houston
| Posted: 2008-10-25 7:57 pm Permalink
Hey, that's very cool. I like the red and white colors. That tiki looks like a genuine antique! 
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Tikilizard
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Joined: Aug 19, 2006
Posts: 369 | Posted: 2008-10-26 11:08 am Permalink
That's your first tiki's? Great work!
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Grapa-RuHa
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Joined: Oct 21, 2008
Posts: 174
From: Netherlands
| Posted: 2008-10-26 1:03 pm Permalink
Thanks for the compliments, i still have a lot to learn but this place is great for that.
The color is from multiple layers of mahogany stain complimented by early sunlight. Here's a few pics of my first go with a hook knife. Got my finger good so i had to make it a cannibal 
 
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AlohaStation
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Joined: Sep 27, 2004
Posts: 2003
From: So FL
| Posted: 2008-10-26 1:36 pm Permalink
Excellent tikis. Some tikis are blood-thirsty so you have to remind yourself to take your time and watch your fingers. I suggest using a softer wood than oak when practicing the Hook knife. Look for some Basswood or Butternut at your local wood working businesses. Keep them comin!
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Grapa-RuHa
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Posts: 174
From: Netherlands
| Posted: 2008-10-28 3:52 pm Permalink
Thanks Aloha station, I found that Basswood is available at some arts&craft shops. But i got a commission today for a stick shift on a motorcycle so i guess its the harder oak and a protective glove to keep all my digits attached.
Here's some pics off the Little Cannibal after cutting and sanding. Made him a Longboard for some after diner surfin and plan to put it all together on a base. I'm off to put some stain on this one.
 
Thanks for watching.
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FreddieBallsomic
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Joined: Aug 08, 2005
Posts: 626 | Posted: 2008-10-28 5:06 pm Permalink
Luv this lil' guy.. He has so many great little lines, make sure to detail him before you stain him up, so you can see all the great detail.
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Grapa-RuHa
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Joined: Oct 21, 2008
Posts: 174
From: Netherlands
| Posted: 2008-10-30 10:25 am Permalink
Mahalo Freddie, If by detailing you mean making al those little lines a little darker than the rest. I have. If that's not what you mean, please explain. I'm eager to learn new stuff. Pics of the stained Little Cannibal will follow soon. Together with my next carve. A 2" pendant. Seems i'm going smaller and smaller at the moment.
Greetz,
Pat
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Grapa-RuHa
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Joined: Oct 21, 2008
Posts: 174
From: Netherlands
| Posted: 2008-10-30 4:27 pm Permalink
Aloha, here's the pics off the finished cannibal and a Tiki pendant i started yesterday.
Thanx for watching.
 
 
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Tucson Tiki
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Joined: Jan 27, 2008
Posts: 181 | Posted: 2008-10-30 4:56 pm Permalink
Neat stuff. Can you please post a picture of the hook knife? I need to see one. Unfamiliar with that term. Thanks
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big daddy
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Joined: Oct 02, 2008
Posts: 325
From: houston
| Posted: 2008-10-30 11:22 pm Permalink
love the skull!! and the surfboard. great carving!!!
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
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From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2008-10-31 02:00 am Permalink
Definitely some cool tikis and I see your skills are improving with each new one. You are a man after my own heart if you are using the hook knife for your carvings Here are a few of the hook blades I use
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