Help tiki carving has broken feet! - Tiki Carving

4 4WDtiki Tiki Socialite Omao, Kauai Joined: Aug 03, 2004 Posts: 1995	4 4WDtiki Posted posted on Sat, Sep 20, 2014 8:01 PM With fan palm, and maybe with all palm but I only really know fan, the 20-30' below the top of the tree, the growing part, is unsuitable for carving. It has not compressed into solid choice 'wood'. (Wood is in '' because palm is really not wood, but tall grass.) So if you have a 20' palm, the whole length of it is junk. If you have a 60' palm, the bottom 30-40' is good for carving. The top 20-30' is still growing and is junk. Try to find out how tall the trees were when you get logs. Better yet, be there when they cut it. There's plenty of the good kind getting cut down, learn to recognize the difference and be selective. When you carve some dense old palm, you will know it and understand better what I'm saying. Not trying to preach, just trying to educate. :)

With fan palm, and maybe with all palm but I only really know fan, the 20-30' below the top of the tree, the growing part, is unsuitable for carving. It has not compressed into solid choice 'wood'. (Wood is in '' because palm is really not wood, but tall grass.)
So if you have a 20' palm, the whole length of it is junk. If you have a 60' palm, the bottom 30-40' is good for carving. The top 20-30' is still growing and is junk. Try to find out how tall the trees were when you get logs. Better yet, be there when they cut it. There's plenty of the good kind getting cut down, learn to recognize the difference and be selective. When you carve some dense old palm, you will know it and understand better what I'm saying.

Not trying to preach, just trying to educate. :)

Post #727987 by 4WDtiki on Sat, Sep 20, 2014 8:01 PM