Baseball Pins Blog: The History of Trading Pins
He moʻolelo koʻikoʻi nā pine kālepa i ka hopena o ke kenekulia 19. Hoʻomaka mua ʻia e kahi hanana haʻuki Ivy League, ua hoʻomaka nā haumāna e hoʻololi i nā hōʻailona pāpale, ʻo ia nā mea mua o kēia mau pine. ʻO kēia mau pine liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi e hōʻike maʻamau i ka hoʻolālā o kahi hui a hanana paha.
I ka wā lōʻihi, ua ulu aʻe nā pine kālepa ma mua o nā hui haʻuki a ʻike ʻia i kēia manawa i nā hanana like ʻole mai nā ʻaha mele a i nā ʻoliʻoli a me nā hana kaiāulu ʻē aʻe. Ua lilo lākou i mea hōʻiliʻili kaulana i hiki ke mālama ʻia a kūʻai hou ʻia no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.
ʻO kekahi o nā hoʻopiʻi o nā pine kālepa ka hiki i nā mea hōʻiliʻili ke hōʻike i kā lākou mau makemake kūikawā ma o nā hoʻolālā maʻamau. Hōʻike pinepine kēia mau pine i nā kiʻi huki lima a hiki ke hana ʻia mai nā mea e like me ka enamel, metala, a i ʻole acrylic, e ʻae ai i kahi ākea o nā mea hana.
ʻO ke kauoha ʻana i nā pine kālepa maʻamau ua lilo i mea maʻalahi me nā lawelawe pūnaewele a me nā kūkākūkā hoʻolālā manuahi i hāʻawi ʻia e nā hui he nui. Hiki i nā mea kūʻai ke hoʻopilikino i kā lākou mau pine ma ke koho ʻana i ka nui, ke ʻano, nā kala, a me nā mea kūikawā e like me ka glitter a i ʻole glow-in-the-dark enamel.
ʻO nā pine kālepa hui e lawelawe ma mua o nā mea hōʻiliʻili wale; he mau hōʻailona ia o ka hui pū ʻana a me ka haʻaheo. ʻO ke kau ʻana i kēia mau pine e hōʻike ana i ke komo ʻana i kahi hui a hōʻike i ka haʻaheo i nā hoʻokō hui. Kōkua pū lākou i ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā mea pā a me nā kaiāulu e kākoʻo i kā lākou mau hui, e hoʻolilo iā lākou i mea koʻikoʻi o nā hanana haʻuki.
hui pū ka hui i ʻekolu mau ʻoihana loea kālepa maʻamau. hiki i nā mea kūʻai hoʻouna wikiwiki. hoʻolako i nā huahana ʻoi aku ma mua o 3000 mau mea kūʻai aku ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa ma luna o 50 mau ʻāina.
Hiki i kēlā me kēia hana ʻanuʻu ke kūʻai aku i ka maikaʻi o nā pins i kēlā me kēia pae.
ʻO nā kaula kī hoʻokūkū metala, nā ʻāpana, nā pine kālepa maʻamau, nā pine lapel nā huahana nui, akā naʻe, ke kūʻai aku nei i nā mea hoʻopili like ʻole.
Source Mall 2,200-square-mika hana ʻoihana ʻoi aku ma mua o 16 mau makahiki o ka hana ʻana i ʻoi aku ma mua o 100 mau limahana hana maʻamau.