A couple of the other things I make

[Kaaawaz28]

Aloha Everyone
My pens are my best sellers due to the affordability,but here are a few pics of some of the other things I make.The first pic is what I call an Art Deco Ukulele,it is High Curly Koa with Curly Mango(sold)The second is my Coffin style Ukulele which is all Koa,the third and forth are the same Curly/spalted mango Jewely box.(sold) I myself love Mango probably more then koa.
Aloha Thomas

 

[76winger]

Great work!

I love the hammerhead shark on the Coffin Style Ukulele...

 

[bluwolf]

That is some very nice. Well done.

Mike

 

[Younka]

Those are really nice, great job!!

 

[wood-of-1kind]

Magnificent work and artistry displayed in all of your 'work'. Thanks for showing.

 

[fiferb]

Beautiful work on all! I really like the contrasting wood on the first and the hammerhead on the second ukelele.

 

[paps]

Those are great! Thanks for posting.

 

[clapiana]

very nice job beautiful wood

 

[Jgrden]

WOW, how well you do.

 

[bitshird]

Beautiful work, how do the Ukulele's sound? if they sound as good as they look, I sure would like to be able to afford one.

 

[Kaaawaz28]

Beautiful work, how do the Ukulele's sound? if they sound as good as they look, I sure would like to be able to afford one.

The sound really depends on the person. All of them have a good sound,depending on the wood used as the sound board they have different tones. Most people love Koa because it has a nice warm sound and because it is Koa(what almost everyone uses) I have musicians that only want mango sound boards.The coffin one was the only one like it,the reason for that is it sounded like a cross between a banjo and mandolin because of the non rounded shape. It is what I call a fast strumming instrument.The faster you strum the more interesting it sounded. I did sell that this weekend at our local farmers market where I sell most of my stuff. I sold it to a tourist who plays the mandolin and loved the sound and shape.Last year I sold about 30 ukes with one comeback because the person left it in their hot car for a couple days.It was a mess.
75% of those sales are from my Sundays at the farmers market
Aloha Thomas

 

[Kaaawaz28]

Thankyou everyone for all the great comments,Got to love what you do or the love wont be there.Now if I stop being lazy I should in the next two weeks finish my ALL Purple Heart uke.Another experiment in wood
Aloha Thomas

 

[GoodTurns]

Big fan of Mango myself (well, most Hawaiian woods!) Very nicely done!

 

[W.Y.]

WOW . . . you have shown some very nice work there and you have beautiful woods to work with.

I made a couple couple full size Martin Dreadnaught guitar copies about 40 years ago so I know how much goes in to making instruments and developing the proper sound.
Got the patterns from a luthier supplier in Saskatchewan .
Never heard of digital cameras back then and wish I had taken pictures even with a film type camera.

 

[Haynie]

Spalted Mango is sweet. Too bad I can only get it in pen blanks.

I really like the jewelry box.