Post #138910 by Hale Tiki on Wed, Feb 2, 2005 10:19 AM

The detail was done with a dremel. I did a few shelves that got scrapped with a chisel (of which I didn't have the right size), and one done with a utility knife. I used to carve as a child, but when I moved away, left all my tools to my grandfather. (Background: In the mid 20th century, he and 4 of his pals started the oldest known "Carving Club" in the US. Beaver Valley Woodcarvers is their curent incarnation. There are now thousands of carving clubs across the US, and theirs has grown to some 500 members in 3 counties, with a large number of female members, though mostly it's old men.) So, I had to resort to the dremel. That, and my bum hand wasn't having the chisel. I'm going to carve the tools in a few weeks, when I have my hand back. I've got a nice pice of walnet to make the weapons from. They're not going to be the full weapon, merely the part that sticks out from behind the shield, so they'll be attatched permanently. I'm goin gto try to carve a small Marq on the lower half of the spear, which will be my first actual tiki carving. I've got in on teh wall now, with 3 hangers that support 75lbs each. I figure that's enough. Aloha!