Post #736703 by tikiskip on Thu, Feb 5, 2015 5:36 AM

The PUFFERFISH or BLOWFISH light is one of the top five tiki bar lights you
need for your tiki bar.

Fugu is the Japanese word for pufferfish.

They are made out of real fish that have been gutted and dried and then
a light is added to the fish.

At times when you buy these fish they have no stuffing but other times they
can be stuffed with a cotton type material.

They come in many different sizes from golf ball size to 20 or more inches.

The old ones have glass eyes, but newer ones come with those
plastic Googly eyes.
If you can get the old glass eyes these are best.

Do not get these fish wet as they will melt and start to smell.

Here is a how to on making PUFFERFISH or BLOWFISH tiki lights ...
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=30892&forum=18&hilite=blowfish light

This is a very large PUFFER FISH tiki lamp it is from the Kahiki and is in Tikiskips collection.
It is about 20 inches long and has the glass eyes, or should I say eye because one eye is
missing.
On this one you can see that they used a red cloth to open the mouth but did
not remove this after it dried.

Here is a small golf ball size BLOWFISH he has no light as it's
kinda hard to get a bulb that size.
This fish has the more common Googly eyes.

Last we have a soft ball size Fish with no light as well he too has the Googly eyes.
I try to buy fish that have nice fins and a smile if I can.
This guy looks happy.

Blowfish with or with out lights in them give your tiki bar a great exotic feel.

[ Edited by: tikiskip 2015-02-27 07:32 ]