Post #197836 by PalmCityTiki on Sun, Nov 13, 2005 3:48 PM

BK I agree that there are a lot of varieties in the style, craftmenship and also ability. I get alot of knowledge and personal betterment buy viewing your posts and the history that you give to us. I look forward to seeing your work and partaking in your knowledge and skills. However I feel the that along the way of the masters, several if not thousands of attempts at carvings were made and rejected. When you look into the books and videos you are only seeing the best of the best. Unlike here, in the villages they had appreticeship, and the ability to watch a mastercrafter in his element. The only people that I have ever seen carving are the 10 minute jobbers that fire up the chain saw and dive in producing a pile of sawdust and a finished product that look like it took all 9 minutes to create. That being said I feel that whatever anyone brings to the table ...either good, bad or ugly, is still an attempt to further the feeling and spirit of tiki. I am so proud of Benz for encouraging everyone and therefore improving the skill of the entire community. All that being said, I feel that the scribes and chiefs would sellect you and Benz as our stand-out carvers. Thus leaving the rest of us to try to achieve the notoriety and knowledge that our leaders both hold and share.

Thats my 2 cents and now I turn the soap box back over.

P.S. I really like that latest sword.