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congatiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2004
Posts: 2430
From: wisconsin northwoods
|  Posted: 2013-02-09 09:29 am Permalink
How cool is that, beautiful piece! I think you made the right decision to not make it too buzy, the wood is great.
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cy
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Joined: Mar 10, 2011
Posts: 691
From: Gresham, Oregon
| Posted: 2013-02-09 10:04 am Permalink
You've outdone yourself on this one Will, it looks GREAT!
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amate
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 03, 2009
Posts: 802 | Posted: 2013-02-09 1:06 pm Permalink
BEautiful!!! If you keep this up, I'll be PMing you daily for advice.
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hang10tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 2827
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2013-02-09 5:39 pm Permalink
Yep
That real
U stole it from a zoo
Awesome bruddah
Jon
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hiltiki
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Joined: Jun 10, 2004
Posts: 2904
From: Reseda, calif.
| Posted: 2013-02-09 6:10 pm Permalink
Yeah it is done. I have been waiting for ever to see how this one turns out. Very clean and sophisticated. It is just perfect.
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Atomic Mess
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Joined: Apr 13, 2012
Posts: 283
From: Hack-Ah-Nee
| Posted: 2013-02-10 04:13 am Permalink
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On 2013-02-09 09:29, congatiki wrote:
I think you made the right decision to not make it too buzy, the wood is great.
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agreed... your shapes are strong enough to work with the patterns in the wood, no need for decorations, fantastic piece!
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Will carve
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 06, 2011
Posts: 450 | Posted: 2013-02-12 09:56 am Permalink
Here's a John Good tutorial on exotic wood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx-rGWLW_Kg
It's kinda long.
I thought it was interesting.
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 2009
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2013-02-12 10:05 am Permalink
yeah, better without the swirl I think...
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 2009
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2013-03-19 4:36 pm Permalink
ok Will, here's your new baby...
13 and a half at the foot, 24 at the head...
weighs around 4 hundy...
cut from this:
into this:
we expect no less than the full Jimmy Carter treatment....and maybe some Jimmy Buffet parrots on the base.....with some kind of Corona beer promotion,.......and a Pittsburgh Steelers emblem on his chest....you know, the REAL FLORIDA TIKI EXPERIENCE bro...
make us proud...
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VanTiki
Grand Member (6 years) 
Joined: Nov 25, 2005
Posts: 977
From: Hawaii
| Posted: 2013-03-19 4:49 pm Permalink
HOT DAMN! That Monkey Skull is 100% fantastic! Nicely done!
Henrik "VanTiki"
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Will carve
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 06, 2011
Posts: 450 | Posted: 2013-03-19 5:02 pm Permalink
Wow
I have to be careful what I ask for, Hu?
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MadDogMike
Grand Member (6 years)
Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6880
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2013-03-19 5:05 pm Permalink
Will that skull is nothing short of amazing!
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 2009
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2013-03-28 11:22 am Permalink
the epic journey6 of Will's big log continues...
[ This Message was edited by: pjc5150 2013-03-28 11:23 ]
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For the Love of Tiki
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Feb 19, 2013
Posts: 78
From: San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2013-03-28 1:05 pm Permalink
Nice score! And having use of the forklift - even better.
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Will carve
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 06, 2011
Posts: 450 | Posted: 2013-03-29 09:08 am Permalink
It's heeeer!
The fork lift was at the saw mill
where Jeff picked it up for me.
That's Mat in the PU truck.
He trucked it from Tampa to me
in Ft. Lauderdale.
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