Taken from Hawaiian Islands Vintage Surf Auction website posted in 2005, but no pictures:
“1968 This is the highest number "Phil Honolulu"" shape we've ever found. Quite possibly one of the last boards Phil shaped before moving back to the mainland. Number E 10, it is the last and final series, featuring a 1/8"" redwood stringer, roundtail design, high performance green tint fin, green tint lamination top and bottom with green pigment pin line. A very rare Phil Edwards short board! Pre-auction estimate $2000-$3000”
I’d love to see a picture of anything Phil shaped under 8’. I have a photo of an 8-6 that looks pretty much like any of Phil’s bigger boards just proportioned down to 8-6. Did his sub-8’ boards look any different? Dimensions?
A fellow brought this board in to get appraised before last year’s auction…I was telling the guy to keep the board…and that they would low ball the estimate etc…and he goes and sells it to the appraiser. I think it was for $300…I wudda given that for the board…it looks rough…but it was all there…I forget the length…but under 8 foot for sure…
From what I've read it looks like the "Honolulu" series was a late-60s transition shape. I think the letters "A", "B", "C", etc were part of the sequential numbers. I'm not sure if they had any special meaning, like inidicating major changes in design (?). In the one picture I saw, the basic outline was a wp-forward shape with a pintail. Was the board you saw a pintail? The website listed above had three other Honolulu's; a B-series, a C-series and a D-series as I recall.
It was not the boss…he is subtle in his wheeling and dealings…In fact he was not happy with the guy buying it as I recall… I really thought I had convinced the guy to keep the board or otherwise I would have asked for chance to make an offer…
roger
I remember the fin being really deep…like 10 inches or more
well i have a rare P E 7’10’’ dark purple and after seeing these pictures i will look closer to see if i can see the #'s now that i know where to look! I Here are a few bad pictures.look close at the one you can just make out the name ,
Proneman i posted about my P E here and noticed that i made an error in the length of my board. I posted it as a 8’10 but in fact it is a 7’10" it might be for sale intrested?
