Post #422767 by Bay Park Buzzy on Mon, Dec 8, 2008 9:19 PM

Hey Babalu, thanks for having me over and feeding me today. Starvation day is now pushed back until Thursday!

I got one more mug ready for drying shelf now:

I pulled this one out of an old San Diego Tiki Factory mold that my friend got for me at the estate sale a while back. This particular mold was from a very rare sample mug that the rep used to take around to new accounts to show them the quality of the manufacturer's product. The mold was dated 1971, and a check of the old production sheets show that this sample was produced in very limited numbers from 1971 to 1974
Front

Back

Bottom

The BZ-1T and SDTF are from the original mold. I put Buzzy 08 on it so the recast will not be confused with the vintage originals, if one should ever surface.

They stamped them all with this, just in case a restaurant tried to sell the samples:

"For promotional use only not for resale"

Hope you're feeling better tomorrow.
Buzzy Out!

[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2008-12-08 21:20 ]