Crypto-Mugs. Do these legends exist and who has them? - Collecting Tiki

T Tattoo Tiki Socialite Los Angeles Joined: Sep 24, 2005 Posts: 321	T Tattoo Posted posted on Tue, Aug 6, 2019 2:29 PM After 10 plus years I finally scored this strange and IMO crypto HF Kona Kai mug. Similar but quite different compared to the more common OMC Kona Kai mug. And this is not just a Kona Kai copy cat mug, like the Orchids of Hawaii version, since it actually has Kona Kai logo incorporated as part of its design on the back. I got the mug from Pennsylvania so it’s safe to assume it was the Philadelphia Kona Kai location. Although referred to as HF pottery, HF stands for House of Favors which was a restaurant supply store from Boston. They also provided the amazing double wall mugs for the Steve Crane restaurants (the Luau, Don Tiki, etc.) as well as the super cool and rare Mauna Loa Detroit mugs. More can be found on this thread. http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=31736&forum=5&hilite=house%20of%20favors I believe they also provided some items to Bob Lee islander. And now we also know they provided mugs for the Kona Kai. It is undoubtedly extremely rare. Who knows what the story behind it is. The real question being if this came before the OMC version or after? They are both original and one obviously inspired the other. I would guess the HF version came later but who really knows. [ Edited by: Tattoo 2019-08-06 21:48 ]

After 10 plus years I finally scored this strange and IMO crypto HF Kona Kai mug.

Similar but quite different compared to the more common OMC Kona Kai mug.

And this is not just a Kona Kai copy cat mug, like the Orchids of Hawaii version, since it actually has Kona Kai logo incorporated as part of its design on the back. I got the mug from Pennsylvania so it’s safe to assume it was the Philadelphia Kona Kai location.

Although referred to as HF pottery, HF stands for House of Favors which was a restaurant supply store from Boston.

They also provided the amazing double wall mugs for the Steve Crane restaurants (the Luau, Don Tiki, etc.) as well as the super cool and rare Mauna Loa Detroit mugs.

More can be found on this thread.

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=31736&forum=5&hilite=house%20of%20favors

I believe they also provided some items to Bob Lee islander. And now we also know they provided mugs for the Kona Kai.

It is undoubtedly extremely rare. Who knows what the story behind it is. The real question being if this came before the OMC version or after? They are both original and one obviously inspired the other. I would guess the HF version came later but who really knows.

[ Edited by: Tattoo 2019-08-06 21:48 ]

Post #796702 by Tattoo on Tue, Aug 6, 2019 2:29 PM