What does a cobalt blue hanky mean in the left pocket?

In the hanky code, cobalt blue worn in the left pocket means: The Muscle.

What does a cobalt blue hanky mean in the right pocket?

In the hanky code, cobalt blue worn in the right pocket means: Worships.

Where does the cobalt blue code come from?

Documented from 1980 in the extended bar charts, cobalt blue in the left pocket told the room you were the muscle; in the right, worships. 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-062 · COBALT BLUE · Historical · documented 1980–1989 · The Sixty-Six · 1980s record

Drop 1 · The RecordEdition of 25 per side · opens Fri 18 Sep 2026 · closes Sun 1 Nov 2026

What does a Cobalt Blue hanky mean?

Muscle Worship. Left pocket: The Muscle. Right pocket: Worships.

Muscle Worship — COBALT BLUE hanky code print, left pocket: THE MUSCLE — **Left pocket · gives**The Muscle

Muscle Worship — COBALT BLUE hanky code print, right pocket: WORSHIPS — **Right pocket · receives**Worships

ReferenceHC-062

ColourCOBALT BLUE · #33499A

Era1980-1989

OriginHistorical · documented 1980–1989

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