Post #557628 by coconuttzo on Sun, Oct 3, 2010 5:51 PM

I manged to clean a lil bit of my sup surfer & polished it up but I noticed that in order for the image to be viewed right, he had to be under certain light conditions for the shadows to bring him out. I wanted him to pop out no matter what the lighting conditions or what position it was being viewed from so I decided to stain the entire piece & sand the surfer image for contrast against the board.

I also made a tahitian or marquesan(not sure which is which) styled tiki hook with some kind of tattoo styled engravings. I accidentally dropped the piece during sanding stages and the hooked piece that I rely on for my lashing broke off. Not wanting to glue it back on, I decide to just incorporate the remaining knub in the design so I smoothed out the rough & sharp edges, filed deep enough grooves for the lashings to bite on to, & this is what I got.

Lashing this hook was immensly difficult because I never drill holes for my hooks if I tend to lash them in this style. I had difficulty lashing the first step 3 times around the cord without the loops wanting to run away while making the transition to the next step. That is why the broken end piece is so critical in my lashings. It was a major pain in the butt!