Post #320610 by Cammo on Mon, Jul 23, 2007 6:54 AM

Tiki Carving Village Bulletin #2

A couple of news items for everybody –

There’s a new carving/woodworking store in San Diego, run by Bill Kohr. It’s at 4848 Ronson Court Suite L, in Kearny Mesa, and it’s website is

http://www.craftsmanstudio.com/

Now you gotta see this place. He doesn’t know anything about Tiki Carving, but is kind of intrigued by our group and probably thinks we’re all crazy. Here’s the scoop, though – he carries TWO CHERRIES CHISELS! They’re made in Germany, and sort of make Flexcut look shabby.

He also carries DVDs on how to sharpen chisels. This guy knows everything about sharpening chisels.

And there’s a meeting of the San Diego Fine Woodworking Association this Thursday at the Al Bahr temple in Kearny Mesa. We’re all invited:

http://www.sdfwa.org/nextmeeting.htm

Buzzy says he thinks these are “all old guys who carve ducks”, and he’s probably not too far off. They also carve stuff like this, though –

http://www.sdfwa.org/diw/2007/photogallery.htm

so they seem to know more about stain, carving, and obscure wood types than the average Joe Schmoe. I’d love to meet these dudes, their little get together is at 7:00.