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Float Gallery
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Kanji Roller

Kanji Roller

Alaska Bering Sea Find

Alaska Bering Sea Find

First float ever found, Japan

First float ever found, Japan

Second float found (same day), Japan.

Second float found (same day), Japan.

Outside an antique store, Japan

Outside an antique store, Japan

The mother of all float piles, Japan.

The mother of all float piles, Japan.

My brother, circa 1968 with a classic, Cape Lookout, Oregon

My brother, circa 1968 with a classic, Cape Lookout, Oregon

Zinho (zeen-yo) with a beachcombed treasure, Bob Straub Beach, Oregon

Zinho (zeen-yo) with a beachcombed treasure, Bob Straub Beach, Oregon

A beachcombers dream, Japan.

A beachcombers dream, Japan.

Fresh off the beach, decades of growth, Oregon Coast.

Fresh off the beach, decades of growth, Oregon Coast.

Beautiful mark on a 14” float

Beautiful mark on a 14” float

Decorative netting, worthy of a museum piece.

Decorative netting, worthy of a museum piece.

Chromium colored float, used for octopus fishing, it almost glows.

Chromium colored float, used for octopus fishing, it almost glows.

Fishing port, Japan.

Fishing port, Japan.

Amber 14" balls, most hand blown, Japan.

Amber 14" balls, most hand blown, Japan.

Fishing port, Japan.

Fishing port, Japan.

Home decoration.

Home decoration.

Amber float seal.

Amber float seal.

Fishing port, Japan.

Fishing port, Japan.

4 14" floats tied together.

4 14" floats tied together.

Rocks used for weights, Japan.

Rocks used for weights, Japan.

Amber teardrop, European.

Amber teardrop, European.

Japanese pumpkin.

Japanese pumpkin.

More beach combing treasure, Japan.

More beach combing treasure, Japan.

The "Bob Marley" float, shark rollers on top of 2 12" floats.

The "Bob Marley" float, shark rollers on top of 2 12" floats.

"Fatty" pin roller. Japanese.

"Fatty" pin roller. Japanese.

12" "blue dot" float, Japanese.

12" "blue dot" float, Japanese.

Japanese Saucer (right), European Teardrop (left)

Japanese Saucer (right), European Teardrop (left)

Curios from a Japanese glass blowing studio

Curios from a Japanese glass blowing studio

German Dog Neck float left, 14" contemporary Hokuyo yellow float

German Dog Neck float left, 14" contemporary Hokuyo yellow float

NW Glass floats, American
#3 three inch Japanese float

#3 three inch Japanese float

NW Glass Co, American

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