KAHIKI Columbus, ohio tiki bar restaurant. Lee Henry, The catalog - Collecting Tiki

W wentiki Tiki Centralite Joined: Apr 20, 2008 Posts: 87	W wentiki Posted posted on Sat, Aug 24, 2019 3:26 AM On 2019-08-18 04:42, uncle trav wrote: This thread has me taking a closer look at all the glassware shelves at the thrift stores. As I said before glassware is almost overlooked in our line of collecting. Thank you, I agree. Documentation and inspiration were my goals in posting. The unparalleled cryptomug thread on TC shows the power of using menus as a guide. I am sure I missed just as many unmarked rarities in the wild as I found. While unusual, this collection cannot be unique. Other bartenders must have saved things for home use, which helps lend context and provenance. Kahiki really did use amazing glasses through the years, but other did also. The right glass transforms an experience, builds the mystique of a cocktail. Most glass used was humble restaurant supply, some custom and expensive. All subject to breakage and loss. I hope this inspires others to rethink and conserve glass in the context of tiki.

On 2019-08-18 04:42, uncle trav wrote:
This thread has me taking a closer look at all the glassware shelves at the thrift stores. As I said before glassware is almost overlooked in our line of collecting.

Thank you, I agree. Documentation and inspiration were my goals in posting. The unparalleled cryptomug thread on TC shows the power of using menus as a guide. I am sure I missed just as many unmarked rarities in the wild as I found.

While unusual, this collection cannot be unique. Other bartenders must have saved things for home use, which helps lend context and provenance. Kahiki really did use amazing glasses through the years, but other did also.

The right glass transforms an experience, builds the mystique of a cocktail. Most glass used was humble restaurant supply, some custom and expensive. All subject to breakage and loss.

I hope this inspires others to rethink and conserve glass in the context of tiki.

Post #796988 by wentiki on Sat, Aug 24, 2019 3:26 AM