Post #511799 by hellbilly1932 on Thu, Feb 18, 2010 11:30 AM

I know its not much after one year but I wanted to go ahead and start a post.

So about a year ago last Feb I decided I wanted to try my hand at tiki carving. I emailed my friend Billy the Crud and asked him how I should go about it. He told me I was in luck as there was a chop planned for that very weekend.

Here I am cleaning that first log with a draw knife while Billy uses a planner

After that first day I had this

And after a few more days at home it looked like this

then some stain and varnish

I was pleased with how #1 came out so I started a second and tried for a full body

I finished him out like this

Then came #3

Now all done just needs a little more sanding and stain

Just got some 5' logs from Billy so now its time to dive in and get to work on another. Not a lot of work in the course of a year but I have a lot going on at times so time is scarce. I'm hooked so expect to see more from me shortly.

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