Post #277386 by tekoteko on Sun, Jan 7, 2007 8:35 PM

Good point Tikisgrl! There's 5 oak trees in my yard, 2 in front, 3 in back, big enough to carve the guys in question. Easily.

And not sure what kind of wood...probably a softwood...but my guess is the guys in this photo aren't imported either.

TT

On 2007-01-07 20:21, Tikisgrl wrote:

On 2007-01-07 19:23, bigbrotiki wrote:

Wendy, sweetie, are you sure about that? What's his name and where does he carve? Is he American or Asian? I still strongly believe they are Poly-Asian import Tikis, you just don't get that kind of hardwood in this size on these shores...

I live on the East Coast as do some other's here. I can honestly state that we've got plenty of tree's big enough to make these guys look pretty tiny. There are numerous chain saw carvers in Maine, for instance who make huge bears and full size totem poles. Sure they are copies but that doesn't mean that they can't be "real carvings"

Tikisgrl

[ Edited by: tekoteko 2007-01-07 21:35 ]