First post in St. Pete, Any tips would be appreciated! - Tiki Carving

S stpetefrogger Member St. Petersburg Joined: Apr 17, 2006 Posts: 2	S stpetefrogger Posted posted on Tue, Apr 18, 2006 8:13 PM Greatings from St. Petersburg FL. My name is Shawn and I just finished my first tiki. I only used a hammer and some chisels. No pics yet but working on it. I started carving before I could find any information about do's and dont's. I used what looks like a queen palm that was freshly cut. I have a place where I can get as many palm logs as needed. But Im finding I need to dry the logs out for quite some time. If you guys could shot me any feed back while Im trying to read all the information on this site, I would greatly appreciate it. Like what is the best palm to use, do the logs have to be dried for a long period of time, and what can you do to help preserve the tiki. Or anyting else I should know. Feel free to email me or just post a reply. Thanks for looking and happy carving.

Greatings from St. Petersburg FL. My name is Shawn and I just finished my first tiki. I only used a hammer and some chisels. No pics yet but working on it. I started carving before I could find any information about do's and dont's. I used what looks like a queen palm that was freshly cut. I have a place where I can get as many palm logs as needed. But Im finding I need to dry the logs out for quite some time. If you guys could shot me any feed back while Im trying to read all the information on this site, I would greatly appreciate it. Like what is the best palm to use, do the logs have to be dried for a long period of time, and what can you do to help preserve the tiki. Or anyting else I should know. Feel free to email me or just post a reply. Thanks for looking and happy carving.

Post #227387 by stpetefrogger on Tue, Apr 18, 2006 8:13 PM