Art by finkdaddy (#8 restarted, this one's a biter) - Tiki Carving

F finkdaddy Member Wisconsin Joined: May 11, 2004 Posts: 2061	F finkdaddy Posted posted on Tue, Apr 12, 2005 11:07 AM On 2005-04-12 10:57, AlohaStation wrote: Really cool. Your work is so good that you should consider using using something other than scrap wood for your tikis. There are alot of nice woods out there for small pieces (do a search on ebay for "wood blanks"). Scraps aren't bad either - I'm finishing up a small piece from what was the tail stock of a shotgun (walnut). With some of these woods you don't have to stain them, just seal it. Keep carving! Thanks. I just bought a piece of rosa wood. It looks great, but it turned out to be to hard to carve by hand. It just chewed up my knives. What woods look pretty and are still soft enough to carve with a tiny knife set?

On 2005-04-12 10:57, AlohaStation wrote:
Really cool.

Your work is so good that you should consider using using something other than scrap wood for your tikis. There are alot of nice woods out there for small pieces (do a search on ebay for "wood blanks"). Scraps aren't bad either - I'm finishing up a small piece from what was the tail stock of a shotgun (walnut). With some of these woods you don't have to stain them, just seal it. Keep carving!

Thanks. I just bought a piece of rosa wood. It looks great, but it turned out to be to hard to carve by hand. It just chewed up my knives. What woods look pretty and are still soft enough to carve with a tiny knife set?

Post #152445 by finkdaddy on Tue, Apr 12, 2005 11:07 AM