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NIxxon
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Dec 22, 2010
Posts: 489 |  Posted: 2012-01-18 4:11 pm Permalink
Holy S#&t that's a big one! Better be careful carving that sucker. Good luck with the intro!
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1624
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-01-19 08:31 am Permalink
So I put the grinder on the big snook this morning & started cleaning it up. Lots of sanding to do later.
My meeting with the folks at the Tahitian Inn went pretty well last night. The owner's son was there & he liked my stuff & in so many words said that they were interested.
So anyway, I'm going to go get some lunch and then cut that tiki I drew yesterday.
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Will carve
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 06, 2011
Posts: 365 | Posted: 2012-01-19 09:24 am Permalink
Notice they get better & better?
Just like magic.
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1624
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-01-19 10:28 am Permalink
Thanks Will. I need to start hunting down some more cedar...my supply is starting to get low!
and I went ahead and cut this one before lunch...
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Grand Poobah
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Joined: Dec 09, 2008
Posts: 176
From: Reading, PA
| Posted: 2012-01-19 7:33 pm Permalink
good luck with your meeting. I hope all goes well. How do you do with the cedar? Does it bother you after a while? I have heard that while bugs don't do well with cedar neither do we. I would like to carve something in cedar, if I can get it. Just for the preservative nature alone.
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1624
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-01-20 06:38 am Permalink
When you say bother, are you referring to the sawdust?
Because yeah, breathing that stuff gets to you after a while. It's REALLY fine dust...
But it's beautiful finished. Sand it & poly it and the texture & color you get is unreal.
Speaking of which, I need to get sandin'!!! I'm supposed to meet the guy buying this thing in like 3 hours and it's not done yet!
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Creative Chimp
Grand Member (2 years) 
Joined: Jul 31, 2008
Posts: 278
From: Lost continent of west Florida-Parrish
| Posted: 2012-01-20 08:11 am Permalink
well if your going to the tahitian i think its close to lennys surf shop at 7517 blind pass road st pete. i talked to Lenny and he has some original wayne combs carvings to see and touch......
great work you been doing and A LOT TOO! that saw mill is amazing. when i went up there i saw a cypress stump wider thatn a volkswagon.....sad a little they were going to make mulch out of it. great people and nice as hell!!!
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1624
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-01-20 08:12 am Permalink
Left some worm marks on it, which I like.
And leaving them on there gave it a little more color when I rubbed some poy on it.
I think I'll go ahead & accent the fins.
Then I need to do a littl finishing on that tiki I did yesterday.
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Creative Chimp
Grand Member (2 years)
Joined: Jul 31, 2008
Posts: 278
From: Lost continent of west Florida-Parrish
| Posted: 2012-01-20 08:14 am Permalink
oops...you said tahitian inn not tahitian beach resort.....nevermind 
anyways if your near lennys and want to see them now you know.
i bought a surfboard there and now my daughter has joined the surfing crowd.......i might have to get one too.
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1624
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-01-20 09:39 am Permalink
yeah, I go surfing over in Cocoa Beach a lot and have seen Coombs studio. He has some nice stuff.
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1624
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-01-21 3:52 pm Permalink
so this morning I got up & decided to pick one up that I started last year & has been sitting out in front of the house ever since.
he's around 5 ft. I did little work on him & put him back in front of the house.
also torched this one...I'll probably stain it tomorrow...
and then I went driftwood hunting and found some...
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surfintiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 30, 2004
Posts: 1561
From: S. Chatham, MA
| Posted: 2012-01-22 06:32 am Permalink
Nice shhhtuff!! Let's see them pics when ya get 'er all stained up! How 'bout some tahitian designs for the Tahitian inn???
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1624
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-01-22 06:42 am Permalink
Yeah, that is what I'm going to propose to them...true Tahitian style tikis.
Anyway, helping mom with a few things and then back to work on some stuff at the house.
So here's a few of the pieces of that drfitwood that I brought to my mom's house & put some flowers on & around...
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1624
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-01-22 09:14 am Permalink
clearing out all my old, unfinished, and forgotten tikis.
this one has been sitting around half done for months.
Finished it today.
On to the next piece...
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Will carve
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 06, 2011
Posts: 365 | Posted: 2012-01-22 09:27 am Permalink
Chunky,
Looks good
Stain job made that thing
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