Post #319731 by Lake Surfer on Wed, Jul 18, 2007 9:56 PM

Paipo, thanks much! They do look like steam whistles now that you say that.

BK and benella... thanks!

McTiki... mahalo! I'll try and snap a couple pics before I paddle out. Cold front still hasn't gone through. Hope we don't get skunked.
Water temps are between 55- 64 depending on upwelling tomorrow. I figure on a 4/3 without boots or gloves... though you never know with this lake.

Thanks Ben, sometimes the logs find me, sometime I gotta hunt. But now my friends know what I'm looking for, so they call me right away.

A.S., mahalo! This one will be a full body in the round tiki with a little stand. I'll do an "ALOHA" relief carve on the base like the one in my bar.

Thanks Finkdaddy! Have a safe trip back, and you're welcome to come by and see it all.

Tipsy, this guy is staying home. :wink: I gotta keep a few of these for the day when I can't do it anymore. I'm on the hunt for another log that can make it's home in the Bamboo Bunker. Just think of how more refined my stuff will be by the time you get yours. :wink:

Thanks again everyone... time for an update....

This afternoon I started swinging the 18 oz mallet and working on the body. After an hour the bicep was having no more of that. Time for a rest.
So I started in on the rough sand....

Some more low impact work... detail work on the teeth...

Gonna take a few days off and rest the arm up... and see about that surf on Thursday. :wink:

[ Edited by: Lake Surfer 2007-07-18 21:56 ]