What was the first Tiki mug? - Collecting Tiki

T Tattoo Tiki Socialite Los Angeles Joined: Sep 24, 2005 Posts: 321	T Tattoo Posted posted on Fri, Nov 30, 2012 3:49 PM Just realized the typo. I did mean the Hawaiian Room in New York. Great thread Uncle Trav! The Fog Cutter does seem to be the first dedicated drink mug - sorry about not calling it a Tiki mug in this thread - and that it was most likely started by Trader Vic. Although it is curious why that particular drink has a dedicate mug style named after it. However, I think that the Hollywood Don the Beachcomber mug might be an even earlier pre-Trader Vic mug. If not... the first "mug"? (courtesy of pa'akiki) Does anyone know the story and dates behind these DTB mugs? But for a particular shaped mug named universally for a specific drink, the Fog Cutter would have to be it. Which always made me feel that the Hawaiian Room and Waikiki mugs are such early Tiki Mugs BECAUSE they are in fact a Fog Cutter mug with a Tiki plastered on it. Same could be said really about the Tiki Bob logo mug even though it's based on their own carving (or was the carving based on the mug?). Those three mugs are an evolution of the Fog Cutter. Which separates the Tiki Bob Maori and Los Angeles Islander Husband Killer mugs as being a real departure because those mugs are meant to resemble a real Tiki. [ Edited by: Tattoo 2012-11-30 16:06 ]

Just realized the typo. I did mean the Hawaiian Room in New York.

Great thread Uncle Trav! The Fog Cutter does seem to be the first dedicated drink mug - sorry about not calling it a Tiki mug in this thread - and that it was most likely started by Trader Vic. Although it is curious why that particular drink has a dedicate mug style named after it. However, I think that the Hollywood Don the Beachcomber mug might be an even earlier pre-Trader Vic mug. If not... the first "mug"?

(courtesy of pa'akiki)
Does anyone know the story and dates behind these DTB mugs?

But for a particular shaped mug named universally for a specific drink, the Fog Cutter would have to be it. Which always made me feel that the Hawaiian Room and Waikiki mugs are such early Tiki Mugs BECAUSE they are in fact a Fog Cutter mug with a Tiki plastered on it. Same could be said really about the Tiki Bob logo mug even though it's based on their own carving (or was the carving based on the mug?). Those three mugs are an evolution of the Fog Cutter. Which separates the Tiki Bob Maori and Los Angeles Islander Husband Killer mugs as being a real departure because those mugs are meant to resemble a real Tiki.

[ Edited by: Tattoo 2012-11-30 16:06 ]

Post #660229 by Tattoo on Fri, Nov 30, 2012 3:49 PM