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Not the 2 peice "ultra modern" ones with a spring, but the old school one peice types with the cut in em.
Best clothespins evah.... right????
Thoughts???
Durability
Craftsmanship
Wood used
Price
Did they work well to hold a card to make noise on bicycle spokes??
Could you make a wooden match shooter with them like a spring one??
Nope...
So in my mind the old wooden 1 peice clothespins sucked because of that.
Cant shoot a match with it 10 to 15 ft so they suucked IMO.
I still see em for sale occasionally.
What dinosaur crawls out from under a rock in this day and age and buys 1 peice wooden clothes pins???
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Rural King sold then at one time. The craft type women used to paint them up and make Christmas tree decorations out of them.
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I can see that as a use for them.
Crafts...
But still a big no go as a wooden match shooter.
Showed slumlords daughter how to make a match shooter years ago.
I was trying to nail one of his cats with it.
Not very precise or target rich enviorment anyways...
Slumlord had the cats on edge....
They heard my lighter flick to touch off the match and hauled azz.
Learned behavior from him launching bottle rockets at em.
The Bic flick sends them cats into haul azz mode....
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Only those who still have clotheslines!
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Did they work well to hold a card to make noise on bicycle spokes??
So in my mind the old wooden 1 peice clothespins sucked because of that. Spring loaded only for this, the main purpose of a clothespin. The one piece? Ya, maybe once around the block while everybody else was using the spring loaded and making fun of you. You could always tell the kid who didn't know how to make a wooden gun that would shoot sliced up innertube bands. He's the guy trying to use a one piece clothes pin to attach a card to his bike spokes. All grown up he probably now has a man bun and drinks White Claw.
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Traditionally Willow wood and ash. Willow wood will stain Spandex... Ash will leave splinters on occasion.
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Only those who still have clotheslines! And the ones that use them for chip bags like me.
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Only those who still have clotheslines! And the ones that use them for chip bags like me. I use spring loaded ones for chip bags also. πππ
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Did they work well to hold a card to make noise on bicycle spokes??
So in my mind the old wooden 1 peice clothespins sucked because of that. Spring loaded only for this, the main purpose of a clothespin. The one piece? Ya, maybe once around the block while everybody else was using the spring loaded and making fun of you. You could always tell the kid who didn't know how to make a wooden gun that would shoot sliced up innertube bands. He's the guy trying to use a one piece clothes pin to attach a card to his bike spokes. All grown up he probably now has a man bun and drinks White Claw. Some people's kids... Just no getting thru to em.... π€¦ββοΈπ€¦ββοΈπ€¦ββοΈπ₯΄π₯΄π₯΄πππ
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I haven't seen one of the old ones in years. We keep a pack of the spring type in the kitchen all the time. They're great for bread wrappers, open packages in the freezer, and anything in the cupboards with an open top.
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Spring loaded ones are truly a modern marvel.
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Hung on the line in a fabric bag and wire sort of frame.
Bag had sunflowers on it IIRC - usually faded to hell.
I have a clothesline in the basement but spring clips, not amish ones like you described.
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I can see that as a use for them.
Crafts...
But still a big no go as a wooden match shooter.
Showed slumlords daughter how to make a match shooter years ago.
I was trying to nail one of his cats with it.
Not very precise or target rich enviorment anyways...
Slumlord had the cats on edge....
They heard my lighter flick to touch off the match and hauled azz.
Learned behavior from him launching bottle rockets at em.
The Bic flick sends them cats into haul azz mode....
π€£π€£π€£ Maybe do a tutorial on this match shooter? Lots of pics...... What finish for the stock???  
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Not the 2 peice "ultra modern" ones with a spring, but the old school one piece types with the cut in em.
Best clothespins evah.... right????
Thoughts???
Durability
Craftsmanship
Wood used
Price
Did they work well to hold a card to make noise on bicycle spokes??
Could you make a wooden match shooter with them like a spring one??
Nope...
So in my mind the old wooden 1 piece clothespins sucked because of that.
Cant shoot a match with it 10 to 15 ft so they suucked IMO.
I still see em for sale occasionally.
What dinosaur crawls out from under a rock in this day and age and buys 1 piece wooden clothes pins??? uh me..... probably based on price... use them for a lot of things they probably weren't intended for around the house...
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All the spring type clothespins I've seen for sale in stores nowadays are smaller and either made out of a soft wood or plastic, have chintzy weak springs and aren't worth a crap for much of anything. For resealing chip bags, etc., we use plastic clothes hangers with the wide garment holder spring clips on each side and cut just the sections with the spring clips off and use them instead.
Back when real 'strike anywhere' stick matches were the rule I used to make a match gun with old style spring type clothespins that would strike AND launch a match at the same time.
When I was a little kid my aunt used to make pretend stick people toys for me out of the regular plain no spring clothespins. The regular plain no spring clothespins also worked well for decades for what they were designed to do. Mom always had and used a mix of both.
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They have been repurposed at our house. Known now as chip bag closures! I still have the bag mom hung on the clothes line. It's full of old spring type pins.
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Only those who still have clotheslines! And the ones that use them for chip bags like me. I use spring loaded ones for chip bags also. πππ That is about all I have left now. I preferred the old school non-spring wooden ones, but I only have a couple left if I can find them. The spring loaded ones are ok until they have been used a while then they will spin/twist in between my fingers and explode apart after they are a bit worn. I must go through a lot of chips.
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Rural King sold then at one time. The craft type women used to paint them up and make Christmas tree decorations out of them. Made reindeer out of them when i was a wee lad. Cotton balls Wooden clothes pin. Red pipe cleaner Googly eyes.
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I can see that as a use for them.
Crafts...
But still a big no go as a wooden match shooter.
Showed slumlords daughter how to make a match shooter years ago.
I was trying to nail one of his cats with it.
Not very precise or target rich enviorment anyways...
Slumlord had the cats on edge....
They heard my lighter flick to touch off the match and hauled azz.
Learned behavior from him launching bottle rockets at em.
The Bic flick sends them cats into haul azz mode....
π€£π€£π€£ Maybe do a tutorial on this match shooter? Lots of pics...... What finish for the stock??? Hmmm..... Maybe do the 6 soda can cannon that launches tennis balls or pringles cans. Lighter fluid is the power. Jefferson Street bazooka crews... Wasnt safe for certain kids to be outside. Tennis ball put a hurting on dat azz out to around 60 yds. Work in 2 man teams.. Adjust off the other team if a miss. Volley fire... 2 direction ambushes Kill zones and set up to channel a fugger into one by a delibrate miss by other crew. Man.... The early 70,s was a great time to be a azzhole kid!!! πππ
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