Post #376228 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Apr 25, 2008 12:39 PM

Torchguy, thank you for your informative post! We here at TC never judge collectors' obsessions, because we know that we ourselves might be judged by outsiders in this way:

You probably are talking about this item when you mention using the fuel for your B.B.Q.:

Did you know the John Charles Company also manufactured the Tiki-Bachi shown on the canister:

You can find this page in my "Book of Tiki", or also (both images) in its smaller, more affordable version called "Tiki Style"

Here is a display of both of the TIKI and TONGA models you mentioned:

The owls and the Tiki sound interesting, did you know about the TIKI FIRE FISH:

There were other manufacturers, too, like this example:

And for the Tiki collector, Tiki face torches are the pinnacle of the genre:

There was a concrete cast Tiki Head torch, too, but I cannot find the image right now. And of course, THE image to get the Tiki Torch collector all excited must be this ad:

I have no idea what market this was supposed to be published for, but I am not complaining! You can find this image in my new book "Tiki Modern", together with this page:

Having been a lurker here, you probably have seen these two threads already, but just in case:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=28097&forum=1

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=20797&forum=1

It is really easy to upload images on this site, I would love to see some scans of your paper ephemera, visuals really tell the story best.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-04-25 12:44 ]