Post #113552 by the drunken hat on Fri, Sep 10, 2004 9:15 AM

first happy anniversary holden! second, another way to tell the age is not only by place of origin but by the size of the mug. trader dick's moai mug is a prime example of this. the older ones are considerably larger than the newer ones. they shrink from over 7 1/4" to 5 1/2" in hight. i think that bar owners realized how much alcohol they were using in their drinks and they asked for smaller mugs. another possible example is the skinney version of the three face mugs. even the classic omc peanut mugs fell victim to this shrinkage. i have some old ones from the islander and a i have one that is marked bally's reno. the newer bally's example is thinner and a touch shorter. as for putting a date on when the switch occured i have no idea. but i'm certain that the larger mugs are the older versions. has anyone else noticed this?

...liquor in the front, poker in the rear...

[ Edited by: the drunken hat on 2004-09-10 09:17 ]