Bowling pin

Bowling pins (historically also known as skittles or kegels) are upright elongated solids of rotation with a flat base for setting, usually made of wood (esp.

Pins are coated with plastic and painted, by convention mostly white with (usually) transaxial red stripes or other markings around the neck or middle (candlepins).

[2] The first British made tenpin was by H Massil and sons who received the permit no.1 from the British Tenpin Bowling Association (BTBA)[3] The USBC indicated that, effective August 1, 2023, it is certifying string pinsetters and string pin bowling as an independent category of equipment and competition separate from conventional free-fall pinsetters.

Pins used in the German bowling game kegel appears to combine the design of tenpins and duckpins.

Bowling pins are constructed by gluing blocks of rock maple wood into the approximate shape, and then turning on a lathe.