Post #652796 by Hemp Paper on Thu, Sep 20, 2012 4:59 PM

On 2012-09-20 15:43, Hale Tiki wrote:
I'll lay it out for you, since no one is being blunt.

$5,800 is extremely high. And a four foot tiki of that complexity shouldn't take hundreds of hours. I'm not sure OA has had many tikis come through their shop that took hundreds of hours.

http://www.tikimaster.com/product/BLA6018120/Tiki-Akua-Kai-48---Ocean-Tiki---Bishop-Museum.html

Here's something that's close to that carving. It's less than 1/5 of what you're asking, from a known, reputable seller.

Also, people get bent out of shape around these parts when someone comes in, without a wealth of knowledge, and only wants to sell. There was a discussion about it recently. Some people don't care.

Anyway, I like some of them. Hope this post has been helpful.

There's a few reasons our carvings are more then this. 1. That's monkey pod, which is a horrible wood to carve out of because of it's susceptibility to moisture. Also a lot of the other carvings on that site are mis-listed as far as the wood aspect goes. I may not know a lot about Tikis but I can say that about the wood. Our carvings are done by chisel, and a lot of effort is put into them, I can post up more detailed pictures of the carvings if you wish. We have cheaper carvings that were not done by Cisco, which I'll add at a later date.