Tin Can Mailman

I recently visited and did some shopping at The Tin Can Mailman, Honolulu. What a delightful store! The selection is expertly curated and well represented. Christopher Oswalt is a wealth of information and is happy to share. I wanted to buy so many more items, but sadly I did too much shopping before my visit to his shop-too much surf apparel, etc. I was able to satisfy my personal souvenir shopping, however. Again, I cannot recommend visiting this store enough. The prices are fair, and items on offer span all price points. I am planning another trip to the North Shore early next year, and will definitely take some time to visit and shop again-I'll limit my surf purchases, so that I have more to spend at Tin Can Mailman. Thank you for your dedication to Hawaiian vintage and your keen knowledge about your fantastic finds on offer!

This place is nicely decorated but insanely priced. Shirts are sold for $200 which I found exactly the same for 19.90 in another vintage store, and old photos are priced between 25-60 and they are not special at all! I found beautiful old photos just at Hound&Quail for 2 bucks.

Went in to look around cause I was looking for a specific item and there were only two customers. I was followed around by the heavyset man looking over my shoulder yet he didn't follow the Caucasian lady. Maybe he thought I didn't have money to spend. His answers were short and I felt it rude like singled out. It doesn't matter now cause I'll never go back there and I spent my money elsewhere.

The gentleman behind the counter was more than helpful and accommodating. He even tested the product in-store before I bought a particular bulb. However, there was no dedicated parking available, so you are at the mercy of oneway street parking on. Some prices were a little high, but reasonable when totalled.

Small shop with some very interesting items. A little high on prices, but I understand, they have to make money to keep the doors open.

Awesome stuff to go through. Unique, interesting, vintage, classic... Yes it's expensive, but not outrageous. There's cool historic stuff in there!

Was disappointed in Oahu antique shops. Tin can is basically a closet in the middle of china town. We paid for parking and walked to a very small shop mostly books. Nothing found here.

Weird mean guy little crazy seek mental help cool store tho