Beginner Witco Mug Shelf - Tiki Carving

K keigs20 Tiki Socialite WA Joined: Jun 02, 2002 Posts: 549	K keigs20 Posted posted on Wed, Mar 17, 2004 7:47 PM I am not trying to be an ass. When I gave you the name of the carving book and where you might be able to find it, I just thought hey this guy likes Witco and wants to carve something for his bar. Which is cool I think Witco Decor deserves the respect and admiration. I also enjoy helping people who have asked me how to take care of or refinish thier Witco pieces. I am not saying you can't finish your carvings with Witco unique style. I would not have given you the info if I was. It is just a lot of the things that you see on my carving page are not copies of Witco decor, they are my own designs. This is how I support my family for half the year and hope to do it full time in the future. When I see your shelf I see a copy of the mask from the carving book attached to a shelf that resembles one of my designs. And then you say," well, I am off to design more stuff" ,while you already have something on ebay. I wonder when I will see you carving and selling my exact designs on ebay. Some of Boskos carvings are almost the exact design and style of Witco. He also came up here to Washington and got catalogs from Bill and his recieved permission to do so. The carving book does tell you how to carve and finish Witco style it also says on the first page "nor is freedom from any patent to be inferred" Most of the designs it shows you how to carve in the book are patented under Witco Decor. I think all of the carvers and artists on TC have their own unique style and designs,which seems to be respected by all the others. Again I am not trying to be an ass. I always try to avoid confrontation and long argumentative posts. It just pissed me off the way you went about it. I speak for no one but myself and hope I did not offend anyone. So I am done with this post PS- chisel slinger Bill tells me no one else around here in the late 50s had the Witco finish when he started. I dont know about elsewhere. Also the suff that was sprayed on the carvings was made up buy Witco at the plant. I think that is the key to a true Witco finish. Wish I had the KEY! [ Edited by: keigs20 on 2004-03-17 20:19 ] [ Edited by: keigs20 on 2004-03-17 20:20 ] [ Edited by: keigs20 on 2004-03-17 20:21 ]

I am not trying to be an ass. When I gave you the name of the carving book and where you might be able to find it, I just thought hey this guy likes Witco and wants to carve something for his bar. Which is cool I think Witco Decor deserves the respect and admiration. I also enjoy helping people who have asked me how to take care of or refinish thier Witco pieces. I am not saying you can't finish your carvings with Witco unique style. I would not have given you the info if I was. It is just a lot of the things that you see on my carving page are not copies of Witco decor, they are my own designs. This is how I support my family for half the year and hope to do it full time in the future. When I see your shelf I see a copy of the mask from the carving book attached to a shelf that resembles one of my designs. And then you say," well, I am off to design more stuff" ,while you already have something on ebay. I wonder when I will see you carving and selling my exact designs on ebay. Some of Boskos carvings are almost the exact design and style of Witco. He also came up here to Washington and got catalogs from Bill and his recieved permission to do so. The carving book does tell you how to carve and finish Witco style it also says on the first page "nor is freedom from any patent to be inferred" Most of the designs it shows you how to carve in the book are patented under Witco Decor. I think all of the carvers and artists on TC have their own unique style and designs,which seems to be respected by all the others. Again I am not trying to be an ass. I always try to avoid confrontation and long argumentative posts. It just pissed me off the way you went about it. I speak for no one but myself and hope I did not offend anyone. So I am done with this post

PS- chisel slinger Bill tells me no one else around here in the late 50s had the Witco finish when he started. I dont know about elsewhere. Also the suff that was sprayed on the carvings was made up buy Witco at the plant. I think that is the key to a true Witco finish. Wish I had the KEY!

[ Edited by: keigs20 on 2004-03-17 20:19 ]

[ Edited by: keigs20 on 2004-03-17 20:20 ]

[ Edited by: keigs20 on 2004-03-17 20:21 ]

Post #81403 by keigs20 on Wed, Mar 17, 2004 7:47 PM