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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1615
From: Tampa, FL
|  Posted: 2012-11-17 10:41 am Permalink
the ku is stained...
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1615
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-11-21 11:47 am Permalink
a few plunge-cuts with the chainsaw to get the 2nd kanaloa started...
this one's cypress...
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1615
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-11-21 2:53 pm Permalink
ok, most of the rough cut is done...
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NIxxon
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Dec 22, 2010
Posts: 489 | Posted: 2012-11-24 3:22 pm Permalink
The KU looks great! and the new one is well on its way to stardom.
Very cool meeting you today...hope you caught some good waves. Next time I'd like to paddle out with ya!
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1615
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-11-24 3:36 pm Permalink
yeah Nixxy, too bad you had to go to work...the waves were super fun for a few more hours...
I was doing my normal rush-in / rush-out routine, but yeah, next time we'll paddle out & bust a few together...
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Will carve
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 06, 2011
Posts: 363 | Posted: 2012-11-25 04:36 am Permalink
Careful!
Thoughts become actions
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1615
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-11-25 09:17 am Permalink
lol...that's some funny shit...
well played Will...
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Atomic Mess
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Joined: Apr 13, 2012
Posts: 242
From: Hack-Ah-Nee
| Posted: 2012-11-26 12:53 pm Permalink
^ 
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pjc5150
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Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1615
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-11-26 4:02 pm Permalink
badda BING!
So yeah, I've tried getting some tree guys excited in the past about giving me stuff, and they're always kinda "yeah, sure, we'll call you"...and then never called.
So last time some tree guys came through I spoke to them and said "hey, here's the deal: you need to start calling when you cut down sable & coconut palms....wanna know why?" to which they obviously replied "why?" and I said "because I'm a tiki artist. And you know this 'tree service' thing you guys do for money? Well, whenever I run out of palms to make tikis with, I go out and find people with dead palms and offer to cut them down for free. And you know what else? I get lots of referrals from their friends and family with dead trees. So if I have to go out and be the 'free tree service guy' I will, but let's face it, I would rather NOT be in the free tree service business. I'm sure you'd prefer that as well. Plus, it costs you money to dispose of it...so you're saving money by giving it to me."
He agreed, and now I have more sable palm than I know what to do with (not really...lol).
Also, I have recently fallen in love with Eucalyptus. There's a bar here called "FIRE" and the bar & surrounding area is done in eucalyptus, and it is GORGEOUS....just stunning...I asked my new tree guy if he ever gets any eucalyptus, and he was like "oh yeah, all the time...you want big huge logs or smaller ones???".....I want 'em ALL bro, I want 'em all...lol...so yeah, looking forward to getting my hands on some of it...
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NIxxon
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Dec 22, 2010
Posts: 489 | Posted: 2012-11-27 05:19 am Permalink
Damn! That should certainly keep you busy for a while.
Love the surfer tiki pic...awesome!
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Atomic Mess
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 13, 2012
Posts: 242
From: Hack-Ah-Nee
| Posted: 2012-11-28 11:32 am Permalink
I reckon that's probably a weeks worth ;]
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hang10tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 1963
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2012-11-28 5:40 pm Permalink
I'd say less
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McTiki
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Joined: Aug 22, 2004
Posts: 1934
From: Sunny Florida
| Posted: 2012-11-28 5:57 pm Permalink
I say he's already got them 100% skinned and has drawn up 70% of them.... and.....he'll be showing us 3 new finished carvings tonight!
McTiki
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1615
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-11-28 8:31 pm Permalink
lol...nah, I'm working on this...
a commissioned piece for the same lady who commissioned the scooter moai.
she asked for a tiki holding a peace sign, and I suggested we do a tiki making little peace signs with his hands to make it a little less generic. She's all about the big happy tikis...
and since I moved my operation to the back yard and we changed the bulbs in the outdoor light fixtures it's plenty lit up so I can work at night!
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McTiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 22, 2004
Posts: 1934
From: Sunny Florida
| Posted: 2012-11-29 04:23 am Permalink
Bet the neighbors love You.....
Thought for sure you were gonna show us some of those new logs .....
McTiki
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