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Old 12-Jan-2007   #10
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Originally Posted by tachigi
Hey Wes, Sorry I didn't see the knuckle deep part. Guess I need bifocals now. Anyway, I think the teak oil would be the fastest way to deal with it. However I once, and only once bridged a hollow by cutting the upper leading edge of the callous every year for several years. Now, I grant you it was only about an inch but it did work. Took some time though. I think now that I been prattling on, is work with what you got. That didn't help much did it.


It is cool Tachigi. I kinda don't want to "fix" the carving as I did carve this on purpose, the trunk is so straight I just have always had the feeling something was needed. I could very well be wrong on this! The hang ups of using a species that rots away easy was something I thought would come in handy later on for making it seem "authentic".
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