Post #224805 by SilverLine on Mon, Apr 3, 2006 10:16 PM

WOW! Just got back tonight and although the trip back was MUCH nicer than the trip there, we're beat! Coon-Tiki was the BEST time I could have imagined! I mean, put a bunch of guys together in a mountain cabin, give 'em GREAT drinks and razor-sharp tools and you've GOT to expect a good time, but this was a BLAST! HUGE thanks to the Swankys for putting this seemingly impossible event together and making everyone at home away from home! Countless THANKS to the instructors who really went the extra mile to show us what they've spent years learning. Many thanks also to all those who brought a little something to share! What a great bunch!

I haven't had time to go through all 346 photos I took, but here's a few:

Here are all the attendees (except your humble photographer) doing their best Benzart Maori snarl!

Here's the prize(last Corona)-winning carving of the weekend; Crazy Al's Coon Tiki (in the wild):

And here are a few shots of BK's presentation on his patented aging techniques: