Post #733887 by tikiskip on Sun, Dec 28, 2014 7:41 PM

On 2014-12-28 18:46, tikicoma wrote:
Looking at the date of her high school graduation it looks like 1960 or 61 may be the first year of Orchids.

That sounds right to me, but who knows.
"your lamp and my lamp sure look identical, other than the colored resin on mine"

My best guess is that the resin ones may be newer, how much who knows.
I say this because my wife got me one years ago that had that look.
BUT my Kahiki ones had the same top wire that yours does.

Also could not find any of this style light in any Kahiki photos.
Only photos I found had only rattan lights plus floats and blowfish.
If you think of it the rattan would be more likely to break than most tiki lights.
Plus these bar lights would get some hard wear and tear on them, so newer lights
would be rotated in for sure.

This light you have would be one that would hold up well and you can change the bulb easy
plus you can clean it with not much trouble.

People who have a restaurant want the three features listed above after they learn
the hard way the things that are a pain to work with day to day.

So this does not say your lights are new or old just some insight that may help.

Interesting quest.
Good luck!!