What does a first flush hanky mean in the left pocket?

In the hanky code, first flush worn in the left pocket means: The Guide.

What does a first flush hanky mean in the right pocket?

In the hanky code, first flush worn in the right pocket means: The Curious.

Where does the first flush code come from?

Documented from 1980 in the extended bar charts, first flush in the left pocket told the room you were the guide; in the right, the curious. Recorded in the Damron charts of 1980 and Townsend’s Leatherman’s Handbook II in 1983. This colour belongs to the community that made it; the print is our specification of it.

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HC-034 · FIRST FLUSH · Historical · documented 1980–1989 · The Sixty-Six · 1980s record

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What does a First Flush hanky mean?

Novice / Beginner. Left pocket: The Guide. Right pocket: The Curious.

Novice / Beginner — FIRST FLUSH hanky code print, left pocket: THE GUIDE — **Left pocket · gives**The Guide

Novice / Beginner — FIRST FLUSH hanky code print, right pocket: THE CURIOUS — **Right pocket · receives**The Curious

ReferenceHC-034

ColourFIRST FLUSH · #B2D8C2

Era1980-1989

OriginHistorical · documented 1980–1989

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