Fastener S.R.L.
Fastener S.R.L. are manufacturers bolts and industrial fasteners. Traditional Spanish suit symbols have been substituted by various kinds of nuts and bolts.
A special, non-standard pack manufactured by Gráfica 2001 for Fastener S.R.L., Buenos Aires. www.fastener.com.ar
Fastener S.R.L. are manufacturers of nuts and bolts and other industrial fasteners. The traditional Spanish suit symbols have been substituted by various kinds of nuts and bolts, and the back design emphasises the fast delivery times which the company achieves. The court cards are based on Gráfica 2001's ‘La Española 2000’, a modern, digital re-working of the traditional Spanish designs.
Above: cards from non-standard pack manufactured by Gráfica 2001 for Fastener S.R.L., Buenos Aires, Argentina. 48 cards + 2 Jokers in special box. Fastener S.R.L. (founded in 1990) are manufacturers of nuts and bolts and other industrial fasteners in South America
By Simon Wintle
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Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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