Glass fishing floats from Florida!

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T Traderpup Tiki Socialite Long Beach, CA Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 1055	T Traderpup Posted posted on Thu, Jul 10, 2003 6:06 PM I just received my fishing floats I bought in Florida during Hukilau 2003 weekend. I had a little time to kill before I had to head to the airport, and came across this shell & gift store. Not much besides shells for sale, but did have really cool and very authentic looking floats! They were only $35 for the smaller red one, and $45 for the larger green one. They are much more authentic looking than a lot of the repros you see at shell shops & ebay. They are really heavy. The rope is the same heavy rope that would originally be used for these types of floats, not the cheap thin frayed jute rope on most repros. The shop had quite a few more available. They are Alex's Gift & Shell Shop in Dania Beach, Florida, (954)923-2310. Very close to Ft. Lauderdale airport. And they ship, too, but because of weight and size, came to $30 each to pack & ship. Anyway, still much cheaper than authentic old ones, and better looking than the cheap repros!
JT Jungle Trader Member Trader's Jungle Outpost, Turlock, Ca. Joined: Jan 04, 2003 Posts: 3772	JT Jungle Trader Posted posted on Thu, Jul 10, 2003 9:27 PM TraderPup, was the green one 12 inches dia.? [ Edited by: jungletrader on 2003-07-10 21:28 ]
R RevBambooBen Tiki Socialite Huntikington Beach Joined: Nov 12, 2002 Posts: 7946	R RevBambooBen Posted posted on Thu, Jul 10, 2003 9:51 PM T-P, Does this mean I can rest now and stop trying to think of a way to get that purlpe float next door? Tank you Pup! Thank Florida! And, thank the shell shop!!! I'm going to bed now!
T Traderpup Tiki Socialite Long Beach, CA Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 1055	T Traderpup Posted posted on Thu, Jul 10, 2003 9:54 PM The green one is 11", red one 7" diameter, not including netting :tiki:
SB suffering bastard Member Silver Spring, MD Joined: Feb 08, 2003 Posts: 69	SB suffering bastard Posted posted on Sat, Jul 12, 2003 5:06 PM Does anyone ever wire these floats with a light bulb? Or is that too tacky? One of the pix in the "Tiki Mugs & More gallery" under home tiki rooms looked as though someone had done this in their home bar and I thought it looked pretty cool. I was wondering how difficult it might be....
P PolynesianPop Tiki Socialite Corona, Ca Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2371	P PolynesianPop Posted posted on Mon, Jul 14, 2003 8:15 AM Suffering Bastard, use the SEARCH feature on the top right. Here's the info: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=1798&forum=1 http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=816&forum=1 http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=1119&forum=1
SB suffering bastard Member Silver Spring, MD Joined: Feb 08, 2003 Posts: 69	SB suffering bastard Posted posted on Mon, Jul 14, 2003 9:10 PM Wow, those posts are a veritable wellspring of float-lighting knowledge---thanks, Pop!
M martiki Official Mixologist http://www.smugglerscovesf.com Joined: Mar 29, 2002 Posts: 3059	M martiki Posted posted on Tue, Jul 15, 2003 8:31 AM On 2003-07-12 17:06, suffering bastard wrote: Does anyone ever wire these floats with a light bulb? Or is that too tacky? cough! sputter! T...t...too tacky? I don't understand. :)
T twowheelin'tiki Member santa monica Joined: Nov 28, 2002 Posts: 712	T twowheelin'tiki Posted posted on Tue, Jul 15, 2003 8:44 PM Pup,get those floats out off the ground, they are not "gazing balls"!!!!!!!!!!!!!
T Traderpup Tiki Socialite Long Beach, CA Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 1055	T Traderpup Posted posted on Tue, Jul 15, 2003 10:20 PM Relax, 2-wheel, they're just there for the pic.... soon will have a home in the Spectacular East Indies Room! :tiki:
T tiki_kiliki Member Birmingham, AL Joined: Apr 01, 2002 Posts: 1046	T tiki_kiliki Posted posted on Thu, Jul 17, 2003 8:09 AM Fantastic! If we go back to Lauderdale when I'm thinking we'll have to pick a couple up to go into Shangri-La.

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