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HC-098 · OBSIDIAN BLACK · HankyCode Original · 2026
The OpeningEdition of 25 per side · opens Fri 18 Sep 2026 · Family 48 hours early · closes Sun 1 Nov 2026

What does a Obsidian Black hanky mean?

EGOLOCK. Left pocket: Ego Stripper. Right pocket: Ego Stripped.

EGOLOCK — OBSIDIAN BLACK hanky code print, left pocket: EGO STRIPPER
Left pocket · givesEgo Stripper
EGOLOCK — OBSIDIAN BLACK hanky code print, right pocket: EGO STRIPPED
Right pocket · receivesEgo Stripped
ReferenceHC-098
ColourOBSIDIAN BLACK · #221505
Era2026
OriginHankyCode Original · 2026

Where it sits in the story

EGOLOCK is a HankyCode Original — a word the 1970s code never had. In the left pocket, obsidian black says ego stripper; in the right, ego stripped. Written in 2026 on the same grammar the leather bars built, so a new identity can be worn the way the old ones were.

197220262026 · HankyCode continues the language

Timeline stage: 2026 · HankyCode continues the language. Read the full history →

Own it

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.
Free
Send it
Send a postcardA real postcard, printed and posted for you — HC-098, their name on it, in an envelope on your doormat or theirs. Unsigned, unnumbered. The impulse buy: no account beyond an address.
£15
Left · Ego StripperRight · Ego Stripped
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 Opening · Family early access Fri 18 Sep 2026 · opens Fri 18 Sep 2026 · closes Sun 1 Nov 2026.

Adults only. We store the address for this drop and delete it when the drop closes unless you are in the Family. How we handle data.

Where it comes from. A HankyCode Original — a new word written in 2026 on the 1972 grammar. First edition of a word that didn’t exist yet.

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The match Send the right pocket — Ego Stripped Send the left pocket — Ego Stripper
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Colours next to this one

The code was read across a room, so what sits next to a colour matters. Nearest by eye, from the Blacks family and beyond.

VELVET-ROPE — EXCLUSIVE BLACK hanky code print, left pocketVELVET-ROPEEXCLUSIVE BLACK · VIP / QUEUECOUTURE — RUNWAY BLACK hanky code print, left pocketCOUTURERUNWAY BLACK · COUTURE DOM / DRESSEDDirty Talk — HOUNDSTOOTH hanky code print, left pocketDirty TalkHOUNDSTOOTH · DIRTY TALK / LISTENSSwitch Energy — YIN-YANG hanky code print, left pocketSwitch EnergyYIN-YANG · SWITCHES / SWITCHED

Same question, other answers

In the same cluster: The inner room.

HEADLINER — STAGE GOLD hanky code print, left pocketHEADLINERSTAGE GOLD · SPOTLIGHT POWER / SUPPORTING ROLEOBSESSOR — DEEP PURPLE hanky code print, left pocketOBSESSORDEEP PURPLE · OBSESSOR / OBSESSION TARGETGODVOICE — DIVINE GOLD hanky code print, left pocketGODVOICEDIVINE GOLD · COMMAND VOICE / OBEDIENTRUINME — DECAY RED hanky code print, left pocketRUINMEDECAY RED · RUINER / RUIN SEEKER
← HC-097 OBSESSORRegister entryAll clustersHC-100 GODVOICE →

Generated from the HankyCode Master v3 row HC-098 · checked by HankyFamily · last built 2026-09-20