Toby Mar-Hiti Mug, Real or Fake? - Collecting Tiki

TM Tipsy McStagger Tiki Socialite HELL Joined: Nov 21, 2004 Posts: 3685	TM Tipsy McStagger Posted posted on Mon, May 15, 2006 1:11 PM ..without pics of said mugs it's hard to say, but any mold, regardless of material that the mold is made from, has a life span....you can only pull so many castings from a mold before the mold deterioates and you begin to lose details after each successive pull...at which time, a new mold must be nade to continue castings.....probably why in limited editions, the earlier #'s are more highly coveted as these contain the most detail from the mold...-also, shrinkage does occur when you cast anything at all...depends on materials and such, but you will always get a small percentage of shrink. by the sounds of the shrink on the one mug, i'll bet someone made a casting off an original mug..which means you probably have one original and one imposter.....

..without pics of said mugs it's hard to say, but any mold, regardless of material that the mold is made from, has a life span....you can only pull so many castings from a mold before the mold deterioates and you begin to lose details after each successive pull...at which time, a new mold must be nade to continue castings.....probably why in limited editions, the earlier #'s are more highly coveted as these contain the most detail from the mold...-also, shrinkage does occur when you cast anything at all...depends on materials and such, but you will always get a small percentage of shrink. by the sounds of the shrink on the one mug, i'll bet someone made a casting off an original mug..which means you probably have one original and one imposter.....

Post #232071 by Tipsy McStagger on Mon, May 15, 2006 1:11 PM