Carve a Tiki Kit, from the collection of 1961surf
1961surf posted this little oddity on Tiki Central: it’s a kit for carving your own tiki, and appears to be from the ’60s or maybe ’70s.
On the plus side, it’s a tiki carving kit! On the downside… well, the example tikis are damned ugly. Plus side: world’s longest dash (”Easy ——— Fun!”). Down side: the only carving implement in the box is steel wool. It’s not so much carving a tiki, as it is chafing a tiki.
The rather lame contents
In addition to the lump o’ steel wool, the kit also came with a block, some linseed oil, and, uh… that’s about it. There’s an instruction sheet, but I don’t know what it says. Maybe it says “Go buy some real tools.” Regardless, it’s a very cool find!
- When is the last time you have seen one of these ? [Tiki Central]
June 17th, 2008 at 6:06 am
I’m reasonably certain that’s a block of balsa wood, in which case, chafing it with steel wool would probably achieve the desired effect.
Welcome back, btw!
June 17th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Good point! So your blobby tiki will float like a duck, or a witch. And will probably soak up every drop of that great big bottle of linseed oil.
Thanks, it’s great to be back!
July 6th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
That’s a great Tiki Tool kit. Thanks for the article.