Post #386389 by Heath on Wed, Jun 11, 2008 1:59 PM

Me, personally, I carve because it's fun.
Plain and simple.
I don't know if what I carve could be called tiki or not so I try to just refer to them as carvings.
Yes I think I've advanced some since my first few, but then how could a person do anything multiple times and not advance in some way. Whether finding a way to do it quicker or finding a way that takes longer yet achieves the desired result.

Anyway, that's why I do what I do.

On a side note, couldn't the influence for the big toothy grin carves, which I've also seen referred to as Florida style, have come from Kelbo's Smiley Mug?

These pictures were copied from this post .

I'm not trying to start an argument, I was just curious as to why so many complain about tikis with Big Toothy Grins yet Kelbo's is celebrated...