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Tiki Duddy
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Joined: Jun 04, 2006
Posts: 759
From: Manitoba, Canada
|  Posted: 2009-04-29 05:29 am Permalink
Wow! superb carvings!
rreally like the style,dude! --quite an awsome collection aswell
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little lost tiki
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Joined: Jun 12, 2006
Posts: 7459
From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2009-04-29 08:26 am Permalink
Watango!
great work!
Welcome to TC!
The Moai with the rounded nose is superb!
great fresh approach to an old standard!
looks like there's no stopping you now!
Onward and Upward!
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GROG
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Joined: Jun 21, 2006
Posts: 6171
From: Tujunga
| Posted: 2009-04-29 12:56 pm Permalink
Nice stuff. GROG like.
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Watango productions
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 20, 2008
Posts: 418
From: Melb,Australia.
| Posted: 2009-04-29 4:04 pm Permalink
Howdy All,Man!! the responce I've received here is awesome
you guy's RULE!
Benz-I spoke to my bro/inlaw who runs a shopfitting busines
and hooks me up with cheap tools thru carba-tec and he sorted me out with
a speed control box so again thanks for the advice.
Surf'n-yeah your right.I wear a mask when using this timber
but hey with all the other toxins i breath in what the heck:)
Tduddy-Cheers Dude thanks for take'n a look.
LLT-Glad you like,Im quite a fan of your's as well.
Grog-Watango dig grog like.
Here's some pic's of a piece I carved for a bushfire benifit at Kustom lane.
I was strapped for time on this one so not many shots(sorry Ben)
at the auction he managed to fetch 740 bonedaddies and all up on the day
Kustomlane managed to raise 15g's.Watango
and a shot of him on his way home in his new owners
roadster
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Liana
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Oct 13, 2008
Posts: 94
From: Brisbane, Australia
| Posted: 2009-04-29 6:01 pm Permalink
Welcome aboard!! I'm up here in sunny Queensland, it sure is awesome to see another Aussie join the forum. I'm loving your carvings! Hewey and I will have to think of some kind of excuse to travel down to Melbourne  Sweet mug collection as well! I'm trying to grow mine but at the moment I've only got a small handfull of mugs - I either never see them or if I do see them they are WAY overpriced.. I saw a generic peanut mug for $165 the other day!!
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tikimecula
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 27, 2004
Posts: 404
From: Manhattan, KS
| Posted: 2009-04-29 6:09 pm Permalink
WOW, Nice Chops. Great looking Tiki's. My hats off to ya for carvin Eucalyptus. I have carved some of that myself. It's very hard wood, but it holds the detail well.
Keep up the good work!
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AlohaStation
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Joined: Sep 27, 2004
Posts: 2003
From: So FL
| Posted: 2009-04-30 07:31 am Permalink
Nice carves. Don't you love this site. Its the only place you can take photos of raw logs and get ooos and aahhs. By the way you tikis are fantastic!
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GMAN
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Joined: Jul 14, 2005
Posts: 2994
From: My Island
| Posted: 2009-04-30 07:57 am Permalink
Yes Sir! That's some right fine chippin'. Gman likee too. Thanks for sharing.
-G
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TheBigT
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1155
From: Fabulous Houston
| Posted: 2009-04-30 09:22 am Permalink
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Wow - this one blows me away! What kind of wood is that?
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mudbone
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 12, 2008
Posts: 141
From: michigan
| Posted: 2009-04-30 12:55 pm Permalink
Like your style,Watango.
Any chance of getting a close up of that shrunken head
on your wall?
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Watango productions
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 20, 2008
Posts: 418
From: Melb,Australia.
| Posted: 2009-04-30 3:47 pm Permalink
Liana-Hmm sunny q/land!It's start'n to get pretty darn chilly
down here.Glad you dig my tiki's.Kustomlane will be having a
tiki show later on in the year feature'n Marcus Thorn,myself
and whole bunch of tiki related stuff so there's your excuse
for a trip down south covered so dont forget to pack ya woolly's.
As for the mug situation I started collecting them quite a while ago
when you could buy stuff on evilbay for ok prices as well as atrip
to the states back in 04 where I snapped up as many as I could carry
but with the value of our peso and the cost of ship'n I dont buy to
many these days.
tikimecula-thanks for the comps,not many fan palms round here so carv'n
gum trees(euc) is my eqivalent as there everywhere.
Alohastation-your right this site is great.Cheers
Gman- Thanks for stop'n by and check'n out my stuff.
BigT-This ones carved from spotted gum,hard as stone.Glad you like.
Mudbone- the shrunken head on the wall is made of plastic and came on a
string with 2 more and a bunch of bones that Ipicked up at a carshow.
Cheers Watango
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seeksurf
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 27, 2007
Posts: 2144
From: Buckley, WA
| Posted: 2009-05-01 8:07 pm Permalink
Strapped for time! Great looking Ku at that
speed you could do well for yourself.
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waiipo
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Joined: Apr 25, 2009
Posts: 8
From: Tampa FL.
| Posted: 2009-05-03 6:05 pm Permalink
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On 2009-04-21 15:53, Watango productions wrote:
Seeksurf-thanks for taking a look,I'm a HUGE fan of your thread
your carvings truly are amazing!
Here's some pic's of a piece that I carved for Appleton Estate
rum and now lives at their Melbourne office.This was my first corperate
commision so I was pretty stoked on this peice.
 
Then time for burning and sanding
followed by 1 coat of merbau decking stain and 1 coat of
western jarrah stain an varnish.
Finally a shot of him on the door at the Watango lounge!
Cheers Watango.
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Greetings from Florida, I really like this peice, alot of detail going on, you also have a nice little shed to do your work in, very nice.. was thinking you were southern Cal., or Florida by the looks of the land, was suprised it was Australia. keep up the good work, and happy carvings..
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Watango productions
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Joined: Mar 20, 2008
Posts: 418
From: Melb,Australia.
| Posted: 2009-05-04 3:52 pm Permalink
Howdy TC'ers,Here's some pic's of a lono peice
which I just finished, again carved out of gum but
Im not sure what type,He stands about 30 inchs and
weighs about 30 odd kilos.Watango
Waiipo- thanks for drop'n by glad you like.Watango
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seeksurf
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 27, 2007
Posts: 2144
From: Buckley, WA
| Posted: 2009-05-04 4:49 pm Permalink
Holy crap! you are a machine. Looking good. I see a little more detail
like teeth in this guy.
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