-------------------- Jack Wills Studio Design Works 1465 E.Hidalgo Circle Nye Beach / Newport, OR Posts: 2914 | From: Rocklin, CA. USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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I think it symbolizes a default width...maybe.
-------------------- Kelsey Dum Dum Designs Sherwood, AR 72120 501.765.2166 kelsey@dumdesigns.com Posts: 827 | From: Sherwood, AR | Registered: Oct 2005
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That's the 4 digit number you have to enter for your debit card.
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"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Sir Issac Newton Posts: 3528 | From: Warner Robins, GA | Registered: Oct 2004
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As most know, or should, the arts we practice have been around for a long time; to relate to word pinstripe, one must remember that in those days, tools as we know them today, weren't even a dream yet...things written/drawn were done by either pen/ink or, quill/ink/watercolor...the pen produced a thin line referred to as a pinline,(usually very straight in nature, found later to describe lines in suits-ie:pinstriped suits), which later became stripe to denote the line it's self...when painters of ornate coaches found lines they were doing w/quills, (later sword brushes), were similiar in nature to these lines, they were referred to as pinlines, denoting fact they were straight.....as craft matured, name changed to pinstripe, which makes us pinstripers..............
NOW, to what PIN means to me? Hmmmm, career, respect, friends of value and talent, ups, downs, all arounds.....heheheh, good one Jack...
-------------------- Frank Magoo, Magoo's-Las Vegas; fmagoo@netzero.com "the only easy day was yesterday" Posts: 2365 | From: Las Vegas, Nv. | Registered: Jun 2003
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Have you ever wondered who pinstripes all those suits?!
-------------------- Jane Diaz Diaz Sign Art 628 W. Lincoln Ave. Pontiac, Il. 61764 815-844-7024 www.diazsignart.com Posts: 4102 | From: Pontiac, IL USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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Like Frank said, I think the term derives from penwork...penstripe....pinstripe.
Old manuscripts and such had elaborate pen scrolls decorating them..it must have been natural to want to produce these in paint, using brushes instead of pens, or "pencils" if you will. I saw some old brushes that used to belong to my aunt's great uncle...he striped carraiges and wagons. They were not swords and daggers, they were more like liners with really long hairs.I can see them as an evolution of a pen, with the fat bellies of swords being a later improvement.
-------------------- Jeff Ogden 8727 NE 68 Terr. Gainesville FL, 32609 Posts: 2138 | From: 8827 NE 68 Terr Gainesville Fl 32609 | Registered: Aug 2002
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Boy this board works well when the right stuff is out there to share.
Thanks to the group
Frank, y'alls is on the dime.
CrazyJack
-------------------- Jack Wills Studio Design Works 1465 E.Hidalgo Circle Nye Beach / Newport, OR Posts: 2914 | From: Rocklin, CA. USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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