Ehara i te mea ko te honore he whakaū me te whakamoemiti anake, engari he kaha hihiri mutunga kore hei akiaki i te tangata kia anga whakamua, kia whai i te ahunga whakamua. He koha whakapaipai ritenga te tohu rakau kua whakairohia ki te reera hei whakahonore.
E whakaata ana ngā huānga rakau i te whanaketanga o te ora. Ka whakapūpūtia ia rākau e te wā, ā, ka whakamāramatia te ataahua o te taiao. Ka hono te tukanga whakairo taiaho i te hangarau me te taiao. He kōpiko, he kōpiko hoki ngā hua rakau i whakairohia e te taiaho, ā, i ahu mai i te taiao, e ora ana i tana haerenga i roto i te wā.
He mea hanga te tohu rakau ki te Rakau Combas tino pai. He mārama te kakano o te rakau, ā, he ātaahua te kanapa, e puta ana te kakara o te rakau māmā. Pērā i te whakaputanga o te kaha o te mārama e ō mahi ana. Whakakotahitia te whakairo laser matatau ki te Rakau Combas hei hanga i tāu ake tohu motuhake.
Ka whakamahia e te whakairo taiaho ngā "whiu paraihe" tino pai hei whakatutuki i te tino pai o ia taipitopito. I waenganui i te inihi, me te whakairo taiaho āta, kia oti ai te whakairo i te honore e kore e memeha.