Mystery Tiki Pole - Collecting Tiki

TW Trader Woody Member Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2301	TW Trader Woody Posted posted on Fri, Jul 16, 2004 9:50 PM On 2004-07-16 11:51, Tiki Royale wrote: Looks like the Tongan carvings that are brought in by the boatload to Waikiki. Pretty much every souviner shop on Oahu has a wall full, in various sizes and thre are usually a few guys carving them at the International Marketplace. Aloha, :tiki: The quality doesn't look too bad -pretty nice detailing, but some giveaway signs that it wasn't carved in Hawaii. How does this particular carving compare to the wallfulls of carvings you mention? Most of the cheap, copycat Tiki's I've seen have been a whole lot cruder. Trader Woody

On 2004-07-16 11:51, Tiki Royale wrote:
Looks like the Tongan carvings that are brought in by the boatload to Waikiki.
Pretty much every souviner shop on Oahu has a wall full, in various sizes and thre are usually a few guys carving them at the International Marketplace.
Aloha,
:tiki:

The quality doesn't look too bad -pretty nice detailing, but some giveaway signs that it wasn't carved in Hawaii. How does this particular carving compare to the wallfulls of carvings you mention? Most of the cheap, copycat Tiki's I've seen have been a whole lot cruder.

Trader Woody

Post #102212 by Trader Woody on Fri, Jul 16, 2004 9:50 PM