You have heard of the horse or wooden rocking horse called a 'Dapple grey'
but do you know the meaning of 'Dapple'? Well here it is.
Noun: A small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's
spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice": "a fleck of red".
Verb: Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades.
Now the dapple grey epitomizes the wooden rocking horse. Queen Victoria's
visit to the Liverpool rocking horse works of J. Collinson in 1851 is widely
quoted as being the defining moment in creating the love affair with the
painted dapple rocking horse. Of all the kids wooden toys it may not be the
biggest seller but it certainly is the best known, or is it?
Vario-System. Would you know what this means?
Maybe if you had purchased a wooden train and track or you were an enthusiast
you would know. Due to the amount of toy train companies who make wooden
trains and track, a standard that they have agreed to conform to is known as
the Vario-System. By sticking to this system wooden train tracks made by one
company will easily connect to a piece of track made by another company. Most
people refer to the Vario-system as the Brio-compatible, after the Brio
company. So maybe the Vario-system isn't as well known as the dapple grey but
I'm certain the Brio is.
Black Cherry, Red Oak, Beech, White Birch, White Ash, Sugar Maple, Elm, these
are words you and I know, yes they are all types of trees and not just any
tree, the wood that comes from these trees are used for toy making. It's used
for making the wooden rocking horse and the train sets, the articulated
lorries and cars. The master wooden toy maker loves these types of wood
because they are soft and easy to work with (good for carving intricate parts)
and some are hard wearing (for using on wheels).
Source: http://www.ArticlePros.com/author.php?Jon Skinkis
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