A Legitimate Counterfeit (Post Your Leroy Art Here!) - Tiki Carving

AA Aaron's Akua Member Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Joined: Jul 09, 2004 Posts: 1596	AA Aaron's Akua Posted posted on Tue, Dec 7, 2004 3:40 PM The RevBambooBen sent me by this place: Ben: “This place the Tiki Hut is on Industrial/15th and in between Superior and Newport Blvd. Not the old one (name? brain fart) that was on Placentia (next to the old Cuckoos Nest and Zubies). The Tiki Hut (on industrial) has a big tiki on the roof that has kinda round eyes but the mouth is similar. Every time I drive by this place no one is home. Not sure what the hell it is.” I’m not sure what the hell it is either, but I did find it. Not a bar, not a restaurant, & nobody was home. Ben’s been feeding me some good leads on locating the original Leroy, as have a few others here on TC (mahalo!). Not sure if I’ll ever actually figure out where old Leroy landed, but it’s something to do on my lunch break while the weather’s crappy (can't carve), and I’ve met some really cool local tiki peeps in the process. This is my one and only attempt at doing a little Urban Archaeology, I guess. Was this the Orange County “Tiki Hut” that Sven was talking about? Strange coincidence that there is/was a “Tiki Bar” and a “Tiki Hut”, both located in Costa Mesa, both with big tikis on the roof, and both within about a mile of each other. Dawn & Matt, I pretty sure the tiki bar you’re talking about was located on Placentia, and is now extinct. I don’t think this was it. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I managed to do a little carving last weekend before it started raining. The weather’s been crappy & cold ever since, so I haven’t got a lot done. I wanted to carve this tiki using mainly power & air tools, but it turned out that it was just all around easier to use chisels for the main features. The palm wood is so wet and stringy that burrs & carving bits seem to bind up instantly. I’ve got a nice set of Flexcut large chisels (mostly too big for this work), and a small set of Flexcut palm chisels (great for detail, but this is not a detailed tiki). So I’m reduced to using flat Stanleys, which seems to be working pretty well anyways. A good quality set of mid-size chisels is pretty high on my tools wish list. Cheers! A-A

The RevBambooBen sent me by this place:

**Ben: “This place the Tiki Hut is on Industrial/15th and in between Superior and Newport Blvd. Not the old one (name? brain fart) that was on Placentia (next to the old Cuckoos Nest and Zubies). The Tiki Hut (on industrial) has a big tiki on the roof that has kinda round eyes but the mouth is similar. Every time I drive by this place no one is home. Not sure what the hell it is.” **

I’m not sure what the hell it is either, but I did find it. Not a bar, not a restaurant, & nobody was home. Ben’s been feeding me some good leads on locating the original Leroy, as have a few others here on TC (mahalo!). Not sure if I’ll ever actually figure out where old Leroy landed, but it’s something to do on my lunch break while the weather’s crappy (can't carve), and I’ve met some really cool local tiki peeps in the process. This is my one and only attempt at doing a little Urban Archaeology, I guess.

Was this the Orange County “Tiki Hut” that Sven was talking about? Strange coincidence that there is/was a “Tiki Bar” and a “Tiki Hut”, both located in Costa Mesa, both with big tikis on the roof, and both within about a mile of each other.

Dawn & Matt, I pretty sure the tiki bar you’re talking about was located on Placentia, and is now extinct. I don’t think this was it.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

I managed to do a little carving last weekend before it started raining. The weather’s been crappy & cold ever since, so I haven’t got a lot done.

I wanted to carve this tiki using mainly power & air tools, but it turned out that it was just all around easier to use chisels for the main features. The palm wood is so wet and stringy that burrs & carving bits seem to bind up instantly.

I’ve got a nice set of Flexcut large chisels (mostly too big for this work), and a small set of Flexcut palm chisels (great for detail, but this is not a detailed tiki). So I’m reduced to using flat Stanleys, which seems to be working pretty well anyways. A good quality set of mid-size chisels is pretty high on my tools wish list.

**Cheers!

A-A**

Post #129503 by Aaron's Akua on Tue, Dec 7, 2004 3:40 PM