Post #486971 by BIG tiki scott on Wed, Oct 7, 2009 7:38 PM

hello shirtman!!! i too have this bug you speak of!!lol! as with amate i have onlky been a member of this site for a few weeks so...... but i can say this i have carved about twenty tikis and only in the last half doz or so have i hit my stride!! this stuff takes time and more time.as 4wdrive tiki said it we all have our own speed and it will improve over yes.. more time and so will your own style! i love the traditonal tikis and i love what contemporary guys do with there stuff and i think im inbetween but even when i carve w a drawn out plan i still make changes as each guy progreses. and i use every thing i got tool wise to achieve the look im lookin for ...but thats me ! you got guys that can do stuff with a chisel that blows my mind !!! and ideas will come as you look at every pic and read every poston this awsome site!!!!!! and if your like me as you dream, walk thrgh the mall or go to the beach etc..... the ideas are endless ! the skys the limit!! go for it dude !! and poist those pics nwe all would love to see them! in the coming days in will post my first tiki hahahhahaha your gonna love that but i kept goin and soooooo glad i did because you will always get better! cheers!! big tiki scott.