Post #347562 by tok-tok on Mon, Dec 3, 2007 3:11 PM

Welcome again.
I know, I know, time for an update. I got lots of other stuff to do at my day-time job right before the year ends. Business as usual. The same procedure as every year.

GMAN: Thanks for your visit and the rough compliments. :P In germany chainsaw-carving is coming on stronger over the past years. Pigs are a very common motive for that, but not in tiki-style, if I can call it this.

surfintiki: Thank you. This pig´s gonna be a one-of-a-kind thing. It´s only a funny intermission before I get back to "normal" tikis.

benella: Thank you,too. It is a quit tricky job, cause I have no experience in piggish anatomy. Yes, I use stubai chisels , the big ones are called 'Berner Eisen', I don´t know the correct translation for them. But I use Pfeil and Kirschen too, and cheaper chisels. I will add a picture later on down.

seeksurf: Your are doing great,too. For a newbie. ( My ass. :P ) I was once told, that it is white fir, then douglas fir. I´m not sure about it anymore, but I have pictures of when it was turned down. I was there and it was big fun. I´ll show them if you like.

haikai: Thanks. I am finished now with the details. And I finally have received my stuff. Great,great,great.

Trader Trak: Hi Tark, nice that you found your way to my little hut on TC. I know, the old ones look a bit crappy, but I always try to get better in what I am doing. My work is far from beeing perfect but I am learning with every new piece. And my ideas are always getting ahead of me. Don´t know if I got the question right about artistic skills. I did a lot of painting in the past but not much tiki (these are only sketches), also spent time on building diarama and at the moment I am into tattooing beside my dayjob and carving (and nightlife,you know). I post an addtional picture later on down.

JohnnyP: Thanks for the support. You are right, it was a big log and before that, it was a big tree. I´ve got a second one of this size , not sure what to do with it now.

Benzart:Many mahalos. I just thought, that the hotrod-tiki would be a nice shifter knob. He´s got the right size for that, about 19 inch high and 5 inch diameter. Mileage depends on the vehicle, then.
I also left you some slices of the pig already, even if it hasn´t been roasted yet. Take a look further down.

So here is the update on pig pics:

leg without hoof

I tried a jigsaw to get the surfboard form, but it did not work out well.

So, back to chainsaw an there it was.

I don´t know, it this is the right position for the feet to stand on a surfboard. But I guess we can not ask a pig.

Form of the board, with shark hooks.

After sanding.

At this point I realized, that the wood was still too wet, no chance to get a real smooth surface, little fibers are standing up. It feels like fluff but does not like that nice.
As I asked before, any ideas on how I can get the pig dry quick? I read about owatrol somewhere, but not sure, what is best. Or even , if it is possible to dry it quicker.

Anyway, because of the wetness I thought, I should try a little test staining.
This is not, how it´s gonna be, only to see, how the wood would change under the stain.

UUPS. Where did this come from? Sorry. And you other pig, get lost!!

Staining in progress...

Ready. Nearly.

I like the way it moves on the board.

Sorry about this, I was blurry for a moment.

That´s it for now.
Benz, here are some slices. These are up for sale now. :wink: Let me know, if you are interested. I can pile up some nice little packages.

Here is a picture for benella of most of the tools, I used on the pig.

And another one for Tark.
This one I did in addition on that saturday, but there is not much tiki in it.

And finally let me show you some traditional german christmas carving of unbeliveable uglyness. These kind of I don´t know how to say: Santas? are to find on nearly every doorstep around the country. It´s like an invasion every year. I don´t know, where they hide these guys the rest of the year.

Look at this, it´s not even a Santa, it´s more like a bank robber with a red cap.
I sorry for that, I did not commit this crime.

But I have some more pics like these to show you. Anyone interested?

That´s enough picture bombing for today.
Hope to see you soon around here. I´m off.

tok-tok