Post #13789 by GECKO on Thu, Nov 14, 2002 4:20 PM

ey Hula howzit brah,

I tried email you but my computer email is kaput! My first carving looked like SH!t... You did and excellent job for just having a few flat chisles and a malet.!! It looks like you live in an apartment area and cannot run a chain saw. So, you should get some other shaper chizles. "Shapers" are curved chizles for differnt cut forms. Like a V chizle is good for the out line of the tiki. Did you draw it on first? It's hard to tell in the pictures. Draw the face first with some chalk that way if you mess up you can erase it, then start with your V chizzle to follow the lines, after that just use your shapers to start takin out da meat. The tiki on ebay was not touched by a chain saw except for trying to get the top and bottom flat.

gotta get a "V" shaped chizle!! I remember reading in your email that the log was very fiberish...don't waste your time on those logs. Get anuda wun fo carve. Have fun cuz! don't quit!