Another NZ Maori Wahaika club

kronckew · 8th April 2015, 12:13 PM

wahaika arrived. nice size, grip almost too small for me, but OK. slight wear/polish from lanyard on square hole with rounded corners, the three holes in the tiki are different sizes, carved down into the holes deeper on the left side, shallower on the other, the middle is quite round but not perfectly, two larger holes are slightly oval when you look thru them, the smaller hole behind the head is rounder looking.i used a super-bright white led light to look at the holes, the carving marks seem to go vertically down into the holes from both sides, rather than circumfrentially. do not look like the holes in my other wahaika which are generally very round w/o any carving down into the holes.

wood is darker on the blade, almost black in the carvings, and lighter on the grip where your fingers would wear it. couple minor surface scratches on the sides, dab od wax fixed that. no nicks, dings dents. nice grained wood, looks hand sanded/smoothed.

tiki is assymetrical. it's left hand/fingers wraps over it's belly, arm between the two lower holes. it' right hand grasps it's right leg, arm alongside the two holes, which have the wood carved much deeper between the holes, almost halfway thru.

16 in. LOA, 5 in. wide blade. grip about 1 1/8 in. dia.tpering down into the blade which is about 3/4 in. thick at the centre, tapering down to to the front edge from about 2 in. out. weight 424 grams, just under a pound weight.

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8th April 2015, 12:13 PM	#4
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,228	wahaika arrived. nice size, grip almost too small for me, but OK. slight wear/polish from lanyard on square hole with rounded corners, the three holes in the tiki are different sizes, carved down into the holes deeper on the left side, shallower on the other, the middle is quite round but not perfectly, two larger holes are slightly oval when you look thru them, the smaller hole behind the head is rounder looking.i used a super-bright white led light to look at the holes, the carving marks seem to go vertically down into the holes from both sides, rather than circumfrentially. do not look like the holes in my other wahaika which are generally very round w/o any carving down into the holes. wood is darker on the blade, almost black in the carvings, and lighter on the grip where your fingers would wear it. couple minor surface scratches on the sides, dab od wax fixed that. no nicks, dings dents. nice grained wood, looks hand sanded/smoothed. tiki is assymetrical. it's left hand/fingers wraps over it's belly, arm between the two lower holes. it' right hand grasps it's right leg, arm alongside the two holes, which have the wood carved much deeper between the holes, almost halfway thru. 16 in. LOA, 5 in. wide blade. grip about 1 1/8 in. dia.tpering down into the blade which is about 3/4 in. thick at the centre, tapering down to to the front edge from about 2 in. out. weight 424 grams, just under a pound weight.