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.

Archbold Stadium: Orange Oracle of Gridiron Grandeur

Archbold Stadium towered over Syracuse University's campus as a concrete colossus of collegiate might, etched into Central New York's football folklore. Construction ignited in 1905, culminating in its majestic debut on September 25, 1907, where the Syracuse Orangemen demolished rival Hobart 28-0 before throngs of awestruck fans—heralding an era of unmatched athletic ambition. Christened for oil baron and philanthropist John D. Archbold, whose $600,000 fortune (a king's ransom then) forged the world's largest poured-concrete arena, it symbolized Syracuse's surge from humble origins to national reckoning.

Devised for 20,000 spectators but routinely swelling to 40,000 in fevered frenzies, Archbold encircled a 475-by-675-foot dirt-tracked expanse with verdant natural grass turf (standard 120x53-yard gridiron), fostering ferocious, field-level fervor. No lavish overhauls graced its lifespan; instead, 1970s fire codes cruelly capped capacity at 26,000, hastening its twilight amid mounting calls for modernization—yet it endured as a raw, roaring relic of unadorned intensity, its unyielding form a testament to turn-of-the-century tenacity.

Fortress of the Syracuse Orange for seven decades, Archbold cradled the 1959 national championship crusade, Jim Brown's mythic 43-point rampage versus Colgate in 1956, and a treasure trove of bowl-bound blitzes including Cotton, Gator, and Fiesta feasts. From undefeated 1919 marvels to nail-biting 1970s nail-biters, it hosted 265 wins across 397 games, pulsing with East Coast Conference clashes and Heisman hopefuls like Floyd Little. Demolished in 1979 for the Carrier Dome's dome, Archbold's spirit lingers as Syracuse's stone-hewn soul—brewing unbreakable bonds, bittersweet battles, and eternal echoes of Orange immortality in college football's hallowed annals.