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Tiki G.
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Feb 28, 2005
Posts: 380
From: Jacksonville Beach, FL
|  Posted: 2005-09-10 2:52 pm Permalink
Days of the old........
Looking good Mr. B.K.!
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McTiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 22, 2004
Posts: 1939
From: Sunny Florida
| Posted: 2005-09-10 5:35 pm Permalink
You are truly an inspiration. I'm glad to see you back sir. You are younger than most here and yet, you wield such masterful craft. Keep in more frequent touch man.
You inspire us. Truly!!!!
Many Mahaloz out to you brother!
McTiki
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Basement Kahuna
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 14, 2002
Posts: 3587
From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
| Posted: 2005-09-16 7:25 pm Permalink
This tiki has eyes now! The sleepy eye look is achieved by carving a standard circular eye, drawing two lines around a half inch apart across the middle horizontally, and then sharply "rolling" the chisel down the edge of the eye away fron the edges of the lines. Once you have the lid surfaces even and balanced again you can divide the lids by just going across the middle with a very sharp palm gouge. Sorry no pictures of that process...forgot to record me wee little trademark...but easy to do. too. 
[ This Message was edited by: Basement Kahuna 2005-09-22 17:44 ]
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Aaron's Akua
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Jul 09, 2004
Posts: 1594
From: Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
| Posted: 2005-09-17 3:53 pm Permalink
Looking Good! The Mai-Kai will make the perfect home for this big Marq. Great to see you carving again, BK. I suppose you're just getting warmed up?...
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Basement Kahuna
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 14, 2002
Posts: 3587
From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
| Posted: 2005-09-17 6:07 pm Permalink
Pretty much trying to cut my teeth again after two years...this tiki has a long way to go...working evenings on it..there'll be a rash of war clubs following shortly thereafter..
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Basement Kahuna
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 14, 2002
Posts: 3587
From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
| Posted: 2005-09-19 6:29 pm Permalink
Hey...this is starting to look like a tiki...And who's shirt is this? The close ups are of cutting in the chest contour. A deep contour makes a tiki look really proud and fierce.     
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Moondance
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 29, 2005
Posts: 389
From: Bucks County, PA
| Posted: 2005-09-19 9:41 pm Permalink
BK-
Beautiful work!
Wes
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Basement Kahuna
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 14, 2002
Posts: 3587
From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
| Posted: 2005-10-30 1:44 pm Permalink
This is where it all happens now...a humble little campaign desk with a humble shop clamp and billet clamp...here's me applying the grip checkering to a large serrated Solomon Islands style club...The only important thing to remember is to steady your piece with a clamp and draw out your checker lines in advance to make sure they all meet up from side to side of the club. Use a small palm parting tool. The second finger of your right hand will develop a permanent dent after a while, but hand work looks ten times better than power tool work when applying fine detail like this.       
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AlienTiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 08, 2005
Posts: 419
From: MAUI No Ka'oi
| Posted: 2006-01-18 02:22 am Permalink
I thought would bump this one up.
Some real good info.
EB
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tikimecula
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 27, 2004
Posts: 404
From: Manhattan, KS
| Posted: 2006-04-30 2:55 pm Permalink
Bump!
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FreddieBallsomic
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 08, 2005
Posts: 626 | Posted: 2006-04-30 7:16 pm Permalink
Thanx for bumpin this up Mecula! I just filled up 2 pages of notes, cuz im lookin at getting into bigger stuff. BK and Benz...keep the knowledge comin. FreddieB
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RevBambooBen
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 12, 2002
Posts: 7198
From: Huntikington Beach
| Posted: 2006-05-01 9:23 pm Permalink
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On 2005-09-19 18:29, Basement Kahuna wrote:
Hey...this is starting to look like a tiki...And who's shirt is this? The close ups are of cutting in the chest contour. A deep contour makes a tiki look really proud and fierce.
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BK rocks!
the "Tiki Carving Forum" is on fire and is hard for me to keep on track.
All of you are GOING OFF!!!! In an Arrrr-some way!!
Out of Tiki Control!
Back to oooing and awe-ing.
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tikigap
Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Jan 19, 2006
Posts: 834
From: Arlingtron Virginia
| Posted: 2006-05-02 5:02 pm Permalink
BK - You rock! I hadn't seen this thread before. What a great resource. Now I feel stoopid becuase I had the opportunity to ask you some questions but I didn't know what to ask. If I had only seen this thread before CoonTiki... Very cool stuff...Your mallet is cool too.
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nameless
Member
Joined: May 04, 2006
Posts: 1 | Posted: 2006-05-05 12:36 am Permalink
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Benzart
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10306
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2006-06-08 6:43 pm Permalink
bump
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