Going to San Diego, any carvers shops?

I got a week in San Diego, an opportunity to find carving supply stores! Does anyone have any good places they know of? Or anything else cool worth seeing.

surfintiki
try doing a search of San Diego in the Locating Tiki forum. you might find one or two places of interests.
aloha!

When are you coming? Are you looking for chisels and such or actual tikis?

There are lots of places to see (Bali Hai, The Islands @ Hanalei, Mr. Tiki, The 'Ona Tiki bar & grill etc.)

Keep us posted.
Aloha

mostly a place selling chisels and whatnot. I've never been in a good shop before, always mail order.
But also welcome any colorful comments from centralites on San Diegee.

Try Rockler's Woodworking. They have a great store up here in Orange County, and the website also shows a location in the San Diego area. It's a great store for carving supplies. I know some of the other TC guys in my area go there also. Enjoy your trip.

A-A

Thanks AA, goin there fer sure!
San diego is treatin me good here, tikis are all over!

You can get a excellent assortment of tools from online providers so seeing them in person is not that important (Lee Valley, Rockler etc).

What I would do is check out the wood stores here in San Diego County.

Frost Hardwood in San Diego has a huge selection of exotic lumber at fairly competitive prices. http://www.frosthardwood.com

Cut and Dried Hardwood in Solana Beach has an excellent selection of exotic woods and carving stock. The also have a tremendous library of books from cabinet making to carving. They also sell some tools. http://www.cutanddriedhardwood.com

Tropical Exotic Hardwoods in Carlsbad has some excellent and rare wood both in lumber and carving/turning stock. The owners kida smug but he has some wonderful stuff.http://www.anexotichardwood.com/

What a great trip. Thanks for the suggestions. Got some great little pieces of wood from Cut & Dried Hardwood in Solana...mahogany, Padauka, Zebrawood etc!
Also met the friendliest people over at Rocklers on Clairmont Mesa Blvd.
Yipes, tiki's are everywhere in San Diego. Kinda cool here in Mass, I'm almost the only one doing it.
Thanks y'all

Cool. Im glad it worked out.

YES! Rockler's is my "happy place".

Monkeyman, thanks for posting those wood resources. Your frames are better than anything that could go inside. I'll definitely be taking a roadtrip to some of those S.D. wood stores when I get the chance.

Surfin', let's see some zebrawood tiki. I fell in love with that stuff ever since I saw Benz post it!

A-A