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Blanks are shredded bits of the plastic stadium seats mixed with complementary team-colored resin.

Available Sizes:

• Pen Blanks: Minimum 3/4" x 3/4" square
• Bottle Stopper and Ring Blanks: 1-1/2" round
• Full Pen Blocks: 6" x 5" and a minimum of 7/8" thick
• Knife Scale Pair: 2@ 5" x 1-1/2" x 3/8" minimum

All blanks include one Certificate of Authenticity (COA) per blank—a 4" x 6" card stock with foil-embossed seal, protected in a hard-shell plastic sleeve. Full Pen Blocks come with 10 COAs.

Most blanks are cut to order for freshness. Pen Blocks require a 2-3 week turnaround.

Candlestick Park: Niners' Windy Wharf of Gridiron Gold

Candlestick Park, the bay-breeze battered bastion of San Francisco sports, juts into the foggy fringes of the city's southeast, a multi-sport monument born of mid-century ambition. Conceived in 1957 as a baseball beacon for the Giants fleeing Polo Grounds, groundbreaking sliced the marshy landfill on June 20, 1958—fashioned from 26 million cubic yards of dredged bay mud into a $24 million concrete horseshoe by John Bolles. It flung open on April 15, 1960, with the Giants topping the Dodgers 3-1 before 42,253 fans under Willie Mays' watchful eye, instantly dubbing "The Stick" for its windswept whimsy and seismic shakes—evolving to embrace the 49ers in 1971 amid Bay Area's NFL fervor.

Ballooning from 32,000 baseball bleachers to a howling 70,207 football faithful on AstroTurf (standard 120x53.3-yard NFL turf, later grass in 2006), Candlestick brewed bone-chilling bay blasts where jets from SFO roared overhead and fog horns wailed—dimensions a passer's paradise: 100 feet to sidelines, 300 to corners under those quirky cove lights. Facelifts fogged in: 1971's $4 million football fix with upper decks and suites for Niners' arrival, 1986's $50 million seismic retrofits post-Loma Prieta quake (interrupting '89 World Series), 1990s' luxury lofts and club seats boosting to 69,732, and 2000s' turf swaps and videoboards—blending raw, rattling intimacy with quake-proof punch amid dual-sport scars till Giants' 2000 Oracle exodus.

Niners' nest from 1971-2013, Candlestick cradled five Lombardi triumphs (1981, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1994—all dynasty dashes), Joe Montana's "The Catch" (1981 NFC), Jerry Rice's records, and Steve Young's wizardry amid 400+ home wins and sellout streaks. Record roars hit 65,891 for 1984's NFC clinch, pulsing with playoff pandemonium, 1994's Super XXIX seal, and 2011's Harbaugh magic. Beyond gridiron gales, it hosted Beatles '66, Stones '75, and Ali-Spinks II, etching SF's eclectic edge into lore. Demolished in 2015 for a housing harbor, Candlestick endures as a windy testament to tenacity, triumphs, and timeless bay breeze in NFL's nautical north.

Blanks are shredded bits of the plastic stadium seats mixed with complementary team-colored resin.

Available Sizes:

• Pen Blanks: Minimum 3/4" x 3/4" square
• Bottle Stopper and Ring Blanks: 1-1/2" round
• Full Pen Blocks: 6" x 5" and a minimum of 7/8" thick
• Knife Scale Pair: 2@ 5" x 1-1/2" x 3/8" minimum

All blanks include one Certificate of Authenticity (COA) per blank—a 4" x 6" card stock with foil-embossed seal, protected in a hard-shell plastic sleeve. Full Pen Blocks come with 10 COAs.

Most blanks are cut to order for freshness. Pen Blocks require a 2-3 week turnaround.

Candlestick Park: Giants' Foggy Field of Dreams

Candlestick Park, the bay-blasted beacon of Bay Area baseball, perches on the foggy fringes of San Francisco's southeast shore—a windswept wonderland born of mid-century migration dreams. Envisioned in 1957 to lure the New York Giants westward from the Polo Grounds' chill, groundbreaking pierced the tidal flats on June 20, 1958, dredging bay mud into a $24 million concrete cove by architect John Bolles. It cracked open on April 15, 1960, with the Giants topping the Dodgers 3-1 before 42,253 fans under Willie Mays' magnetic gaze—dubbing "The 'Stick" for its gusty quirks and seismic soul, instantly transplanting Gotham grit to Golden Gate glamour.

Encasing 58,000 diamond diehards in open-air ozone on AstroTurf (swapped to grass in 1976, then back for '90s), Candlestick conjured a pitcher's paradise amid jet-roar interruptions and fog-horn fanfare—dimensions a fly-ball fiend's foe: 335 feet to left, 402 to center, 335 to right with 25-foot walls taming those trademark tempests. Facelifts fogged forth: 1960's initial 23,000 swell, 1970s' upper decks to 58,000 for dual-sport digs with 49ers, 1986's $50 million quake-proof quake (post-'89 Loma Prieta tremor halting World Series Game 3), 1990s' luxury lofts and club seats—blending raw, rattling intimacy with retro charm till Oracle Park's 2000 call, leaving football echoes in its wake.

Sanctuary for the San Francisco Giants across four decades, Candlestick cradled the 1962 pennant pulse, 1989 World Series quake-quake (swept by A's at home), Mays' 660th homer (1973 farewell), Bonds' 73-blast barrage (1999 echoes), and All-Star spectacles in '62, '87, '93 amid 3,000+ home wins and sellout surges. Record roars hit 62,674 for 1993's NLDS, pulsing with "Beat L.A." chants, garlic fry frenzies, and fog-delay dramas. Beyond bases, it hosted Beatles '66, Grateful Dead '89, and papal visits, etching SF's eclectic edge into lore. Demolished in 2015 for a residential ripple, Candlestick endures as a foggy testament to tenacity, tempests, and timeless bay breeze in MLB's maritime marquee.