Post #641006 by Captain Jack on Tue, Jun 19, 2012 9:19 AM

Nice start on that marq! I'm no expert, but make sure that root is not too young/too short .... I snagged a truckload once and then Bill Collins (4WDtiki) informed me that they were junk ....

if it has these splits on the bottom it is too young/short and will dry up to crap in a while .... I had 6 of them like this ... carved them anyway and one has already deteriorated to the tiki gods and the rest look like dried up prunes!

hopefully, it is a good log and you get a great tiki out of it!

Have a Great Day!