Taiaha, finally!!!

VANDOO · 30th September 2010, 04:07 PM

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

IT TOOK ME MANY YEARS BEFORE I COULD AQUIRE ONE FOR MY COLLECTION. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN MORE IN AUSTRALIA AS ITS A LOT NEARER THE SOURCE THAN OKLAHOMA.

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.

fearn · 30th September 2010, 07:00 PM

Congratulations, that's an excellent piece. Are you going to learn to do the haka with it

Best,

F

Battara · 1st October 2010, 01:52 AM

What a nice piece. Congratulations! Yes, I am in the restoration camp.

Ron Anderson · 1st October 2010, 02:31 AM

Gav

Very nice. That is a keeper, for sure.

Gavin Nugent · 1st October 2010, 01:31 PM

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

Battara · 1st October 2010, 03:49 PM

I think that would be great, to put the eyes back in and restore it's soul again.

Gavin Nugent · 1st October 2010, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Battara

I think that would be great, to put the eyes back in and restore it's soul again.

Battara, you have done many a restoration, should I manage to get the eyes carved, can you recommend any non destructive, intrusive or permanent methods for attaching the 'new eyes'? I thought about warming some blu-tak to make it very soft and placing it behind the eyes??? At least it can all be rubbed off and out of the sockets if ever wanted.

Anyone with recommended securing methods along these lines?

Gav

1st October 2010, 01:31 PM	#5
Gavin Nugent Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,818	Thanks Chaps 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

30th September 2010, 04:07 PM	#1
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	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 IT TOOK ME MANY YEARS BEFORE I COULD AQUIRE ONE FOR MY COLLECTION. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN MORE IN AUSTRALIA AS ITS A LOT NEARER THE SOURCE THAN OKLAHOMA. 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.

30th September 2010, 07:00 PM	#2
fearn Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,247	Congratulations, that's an excellent piece. Are you going to learn to do the haka with it Best, F

1st October 2010, 01:52 AM	#3
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,310	What a nice piece. Congratulations! Yes, I am in the restoration camp.

1st October 2010, 02:31 AM	#4
Ron Anderson Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 228	Gav Very nice. That is a keeper, for sure.

1st October 2010, 03:49 PM	#6
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,310	I think that would be great, to put the eyes back in and restore it's soul again.