What does 1n mean on a Flatiron Mandoline ?

[Mike1n]

Hi to all who are interested or can help me. This is my first post and I was wondering if someone could tell me what the 1n means on the flatiron?

[Jim MacDaniel]

That is one of the old Army/Navy style mandolins (a.k.a. pancake or campfire mandolins). I think 1 means it was the basic model (no binding) and the N stands for Natural finish (just as CH meant Chocolate brown, etc.). There are several Flatiron pancake threads here that will provide more history and detail -- as well as pics -- of the various pancake models that Flatiron produced before shutting down that lineup.

[Mike1n]

Thanks for the info. That was my thought on the N.

[fatt-dad]

required reading. I love my 1N and play it a lot!

f-d

[Jim MacDaniel]

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[DerTiefster]

Fatt-Dad's referred post takes quite a loooong time to read, but it is full of information. I had a great week reading it. (just kidding, but not about the "great" part)

[Mike1n]

Thanks for the heads up Michael. I use to live in S.E. Virginia back in the early 70's. Mike

[Mike1n]

Thanks for the info and interest in my post f.d. I have had my flatiron sense 81 or 82 now. It was new but a second because of a Finish flaw, but it still sounds great. An old friend of my dad's who played an old Gibson complemented me on the quality of it's sound. Mike

[delsbrother]

Fatt-Dad's referred post takes quite a loooong time to read, but it is full of information. I had a great week reading it. (just kidding, but not about the "great" part)

Don't forget under "Thread Tools" you can search within a thread for a certain text string.

[DerTiefster]

But then you'll only learn the things you knew were there on a subject basis. And as we all know, there are always -lots- and -lots- of unrelated things posted on any thread, like this one for instance. This post, even.