The Pinstriper - Lyle Fisk | The Craftsmen Series
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- čas přidán 20. 06. 2017
- As a teenager in the 1950s, Edward Lyle Fisk peeked inside the rear door of a local sign-painting shop so often that the owner finally offered him a job. After learning how to mix colors and handle a brush, Lyle saw a magazine story about pinstriping, and he knew his destiny. Decades later, Lyle is a legend who is still in high demand. “I really like what I do,” he says, scoffing at retirement. “I like getting the brush in my hand and trying to embellish something.”
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I wish good health, precise and steady hand to this man, because he is actually one of the best pinstripers I have ever seen.
this gentleman right here, is a national treasure
Thanks you for paying homage to this fine artist
An ART very few will ever master... RESPECT.
A craftsman in every sense of the word, what a great story. Such skill, you just don't see that enough these days. Keep doing what you do Mr. Fisk!
My Step-dad Lyle Fisk, but I always called him Pops passed away yesterday at 4:45 pm yesterday. Thank you for always treating my Mom & me with the utmost RESPECT. I'm going to miss you in a MAJOR WAY... 😔❤🙏🕊
Lyle, my hats off to you. True gentleman and a professional.
"If you're healthy enough to continue, why don't you continue?... I'm doing what I like to do"
Truer words never spoken. Many happy years doing what you love.
Yeah if you like it, while most of us want to get out of what we do for money and relax.
He is a master, TY Hagerty for sharing this with us.
This dude is Legit AF.
RESPECT Sir!
What a fantastic story
Not too many of you pin stripers left from my day. Max props man. And RIP, Big Daddy...we all miss you and your splendid coupe de fink!
This makes me so happy watching this.
I live in Ramona and bought a new 2000 black short bed Silverado and brought it to Lyles shop in Ramona to have him put traditional flames on it pinstriped in blue. I kept that truck for 14 yrs and sold it to my friends who kept it for another 4 yrs and the flame job and striping looked like it did in 2000. I remember Lyle was doing a goldleaf job on a red antique fire engine as i recall. I found him to be a class act. JB
Lyle has been respected for years ,and proudly one of my close friends . One of the calmest ,easy going Pinstripers that there is !
i saw that Ed Roth magazine he signed for him. thats some history right there ill tell yall that
What a great story and person. This guy is a bad ass.
Beautifully done.
Im glad to see this video and this man doing what he loves...grettings from Zagreb,Croatia
Thats a lost Art...I got to see a man do that here in N. Ga. a few years back...amazing to watch him work, He called himself a Swordsman, He could freehand designs like no ones business!
Thanks for sharing!
God Bless you, Lyle!! Beautiful job Sir. My respects!! 🙏🏼👍🏼
thoroughly enjoyed
ol skool right there
Very hard and a FINE skill
True ol school pro, I'm in NY, we had Vin the pin, Vic Kessler, and Andre, all artists, this guy should be commended, cause it's a art that will probably go the way of White Wall tires when we, the 50, 60 and 70 yr olds are gone, new cars are mostly all grey slabs, I'm having my 73 pictured hand striped in a few weeks, if Lyle was in town, I would let him do it
Thanks Hagerty, a true "Golden Californian" !
That's is so freaking kooool. That's real pinstrippong right there . Thats a real craftsman
Very late to this video. I am blessed to have met Lyle in 1984. Class act all the way. He let me crash at his house back then and let his daughter take me to cruise night in Escondido.
STUNNING video of an AMAZING man.
I restored my parents car a 1979 Ford LTD Landau 2 door. The only new car they ever bought. When it came to the pinstripe, I wanted done by hand. That was in 2001.To this day, It looks as it was done yesterday by the remarks people make when they see it. Finding someone to do this type of work today is hard. By the way the LTD has over 500,000 miles!
A considerable chunk of my formative years were spent in Toluca Lake, just bicycle moments from Barris Custom. The front window was always fun but on the side of the building you could poke your nose in, those many years ago, and watch goggle eyed as these masters worked.
love this series
What a legend...hope he has been training an apprentice! Thanks for posting this.
Great to see this master craftsman at work, should pass on the skills to the next generation
Beautiful
Holy crap, this guy did the stripes on my first Vette, a '75 I bought in 90 with my re-enlistment bonus in the Navy. I didn't know he was such a big deal, I just thought he was a kick ass pinstriper!
Awesome man, awesome skills, awesome legend.
More videos like this pse. MOST EXCELLENT!
I'm in the Local 510 Sign and Display union in SF, some of our senior members started as sign painters and they would hand letter etc.. There is a shop in SF now with a younger guy doing those signs again. I do vinyl a lot but the way they did it before is amazing. You can see the old Coca Cola or older hand painted advertisements around SF on the side of buildings if you know where to look.
I used to be a "commercial illustrator" before the computer invasion. I thought I had a good hand with brushes. That's before I saw this Man... Amazing hands.
Truly a dying Art, keep up the Great Work !
God bless this man.
Go get'em Lyle!!
Brothers of the Brush! :)
one of the greatest
Great man with a marvelous skill.Great video and story. But - who in the world said every 59 Caddy has to be made into a Lincoln Clown Car.
Tracer Loenan It's not a '59.
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amazing pinstriper
Living legend
amazing work sir
Nice film!
What a fantastic video!
Fascinating!
Great video!
Very touching video, very well done! Is pin striping a dying art/skill? Love that purple color he was working with too.
Awesome
OLD SCHOOL, very very few left...
after this he's gonna be booked for. 2 years str8
You don’t retire from pin striping . It’s a love you stay with forever
amazing video great
This is my Dream job but unfortunately i am a software engineer . I am quitting my profession as a software engineer right now. Thanks for sharing this video from tomorrow looking to learn pinstripping
Nice Video!!
very nice
very cool
legend
very nice vide
Do a story on Ron Hernandez . Az pinstriper for 40 years .
Real pasión an profesionality
Lyle gets a like !
Cool
I also wish a good health
Been pulling lines for 30+ years now and the only downfall is the fact that you can't just hire someone to work for you. If you want the job done right, you have to do it for yourself. No two stripers do the same work. I'm sure I have my own style compared to others.
I have that same Cadillac except mines a Sedan de ville 😫 and not it good shape tho.
Isn't these stripes done through automation or something ?
Apprenticeships the way the world works
All that effort and dramatic, slow-motion editing... and you didn't show any of his work!?!?! We saw him paint one line... how about shots of some of his masterpieces?
The real renowator does not live who you are cheating
and you show none of his work...
Beautiful