Post #15147 by Basement Kahuna on Sun, Dec 1, 2002 11:01 AM

Well, there is a "feeling" that only a hand-carved object has, but not everyone can step up to the pricepoint when you get to the 5-foot-and-up level (usually 300.00 plus). When you buy one of these you're not paying for the wood, you're paying for the intensive hand work involved in freeing that tiki from his wooden shell. A machine-made object would by no means be a replacement for the feel of hand carved, but would give the same basic look at about 1/3 of the price.