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For me it has been the month of long things.
I am please to say I finally found and secured a Taiaha I am happy to keep in my collections. It has been a long time coming with a very long search to balance price and quality but patience is rewarding (sometimes). If I was being fussy ![]() ![]() Images from the auction. Enjoy Gav Last edited by freebooter; 30th September 2010 at 02:59 PM. |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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What can one say ! Old too. You wicked wicked man to taunt us so.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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CONGRADULATIONS ON A VERY NICE OLD ONE. THESE ARE A PLEASURE TO HANDLE AND FEEL GOOD AND BALANCE WELL IN HAND. JUST BE CAREFUL AND DON'T GET CARRIED AWAY AS YOU MIGHT PUT A DING IN SOMETHING ACCIDENTALLY
![]() ![]() YOUR EXAMPLE DOES APPEAR TO HAVE HAD PUA SHELL INLAY IN THE EYES AND IT IS NOT DIFFICULT TO FIND ROUNDS OF PUA SHELL FOR SALE SO SHOULD BE FAIRLY EASY TO REPLACE IF YOU WANT. BUT IT IS JUST GREAT AS IS. I HAVE SEEN A FEW CLUBS WHERE RED SEALING WAX WAS USED AROUND THE EYES BUT THAT IS MOSTLY SEEN ON THE HEI TIKI. |
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#4 |
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Congratulations, that's an excellent piece. Are you going to learn to do the haka with it
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
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What a nice piece. Congratulations! Yes, I am in the restoration camp.
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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Gav
Very nice. That is a keeper, for sure. |
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#7 |
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Thanks Chaps,
There was a phrase used some time back that caused a lot of questions and I can use it now, "I'm chuffed" ![]() I don't think I'll have it with me before I go to Bali at the end of the month but when in hand I'll share some of the finer detail. I'm currently organising a custom elevated stand for it with a manufacturer and it will no doubt take pride and place amongst the other keepers. Plenty of room in the back yard for a quick twirl too...just need to consider the dogs and kids though...despite either never letting me rest I do want to keep them around ![]() I'll make some cardboard blanks for the eyes and see if I can have a Hawaiian carver commision me some...then I'll need to look at a non-permanent non-intrusive or destructive methods of sitting them in the sockets...but as you note Vandoo, it does just look fine the way it is... What I am really hoping for it legible faint remains of script left on the two collector/museum tags seen in the images...fingers crossed. Thanks again Gav |
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