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HC-034 · FIRST FLUSH · Historical · documented 1980–1989 · The 175 · 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 · givesThe Guide
Novice / Beginner — FIRST FLUSH hanky code print, right pocket: THE CURIOUS
Right pocket · receivesThe Curious
ReferenceHC-034
ColourFIRST FLUSH · #B2D8C2
Era1980-1989
OriginHistorical · documented 1980–1989

Where it sits in the story

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.

197220261973 · Standardised across US cities

Timeline stage: 1973 · Standardised across US cities. Read the full history →

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The swatchThe print at phone size with a name in the margin, sent phone to phone. Make it yours or make it for the person who should read you. No account, no email.
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Send a postcardA real postcard, printed and posted for you — HC-034, their name on it, in an envelope on your doormat or theirs. Unsigned, unnumbered. The impulse buy: no account beyond an address.
£15
Left · The GuideRight · The Curious
The Print · A3Giclée A3 on Hahnemühle German Etching 310gsm, posted flat by Prodigi, our print partner. Unsigned. Always on — ordered at will, no window, no clock — numbered in the Register in order of sale, with the Register QR printed in the margin.
£50
Print · leftPrint · right
The Print · the pairBoth pockets, posted flat together.
£90
The Print pair
The Edition · Family onlyGiclée on Hahnemühle German Etching 310gsm, A3, numbered and blind-stamped by the studio, entered in the Register and anchored to the Bitcoin blockchain. Drawn only from The 175 — the historical record — this code is one of them. 25 per side, released to members in dated drops, on a published escalator: nos 1–10 £300 · 11–20 £400 · 21–25 £500 — the price rises as it sells, stated in advance, verifiable in the Register.
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Where it comes from. Documented in Larry Townsend’s The Leatherman’s Handbook II (1983) and the Bob Damron charts (1980). Worn in San Francisco leather bars from 1972.

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The match Send the right pocket — The Curious Send the left pocket — The Guide
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Generated from the HankyCode Master v3 row HC-034 · checked by HankyFamily · last built 2026-09-20