Post #488631 by BIG tiki scott on Fri, Oct 16, 2009 8:20 PM

claq50! thanx! im usin spruce pine. it carves very nice, not nearly as soft as bass wood or a few other common carving woods but ive had atough time comin into palm and other logs that i would love to work with as well. but... spruce makes a nice tiki in my eyes. also like alohastation said regular poly thane is beautiful and less yellowing than spar if not intended for outdoor use and under your patio or covered tiki hut!!! cant wait to see your tikis w your choice of thane on them!!! cheers!

alohastation!!! honored to have yah!!! thnx!! you are absolutely correct that regular poly is prob the nicest thing you could put on a tiki or any piece of wood for that matter! was not trying to confuse and left that out by accident. i spoke of spar only for DIRECT element exposure and forgot to mention regular thane!! srry for any misunderstanding. as for square wood YES IT IS!! but but lately ive had a big gap in my normal picins of both palm and other wood logs!!! i have recently accuired some coconut palm logs(still to be seen!!!) and told possibly some cypress logs of various leanthgs. if you look closely i have a 5 foot sabal palm drying in the shop in the background . and i have a whole sabal palm coverd and drying out side. but as from previous experiance wont carve till dry. so... for now im carvin square blanks. many guys do it and i cant NOT carve!!! and will carve any shape that i have at my availability !!! lol!! hope you understand and i will post back pics of previous carves on round stock. cheers!!

and last but not least here is a few pics of my progress tdy!

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