Thomas Ryste has kept the “Klypa” wheel going for over 20 years with various characters, of which Kjell “Kjellen” Bigset is the best known. Now he has expanded from the fictitious “Pinch” to an actual pinch. – The record is held by someone at around three meters and then we had to have someone who is bigger, says Ryste. According to the comedian, the pinch is over four meters long. The record on the Guinness World Records website is 3.5 metres. Ryste says they plan to get the pinch into the record book. – We must have the pinch measured by the police, and send it to the Guinness Book of Records, then it must be in the box. It is Ryste and his uncle, Audun Nedrelid, who are the prime movers in the project. The idea came when they saw an attempt at the world’s largest clothespin in northern Norway. – We found out that Hovdebygda had the only clothespin factory in its time. There they made the wooden clip Guri and we started from it. Thomas Ryste and uncle Audun Nedrelid hope the clothespin can become a spectacle for everyone who passes the airport in Ørsta. Photo: Arne Flatin / news Exhibition in the middle of the butter eye? Now they will exhibit the creation in the middle of the planned circular drive at the airport junction in Hovdebygda so that everyone can see it. Gunnar Wangen, head of environment and planning in Ørsta municipality, says that the zoning plan is ready and that they only need approval from the Norwegian Road Administration to start. Ørsta mayor Stein Aam is very positive about placing the pinch in the middle of the butter eye. – It must be a nice monument to the industrial clamp that was in production in Hovdebygda, says Aam. Mayor Stein Aam would like to see the pinch displayed at the airport junction. Photo: Arne Flatin / news – Count the hours It is in Vikebygda in Volda that uncle Nedrelid has built the clip, with help from the company Bakkesmia, which has made the feathers. – They took up the challenge and with a little adaptation, it turned out very well, he says. The biggest challenge in the process was the material. Nedrelid says it was difficult to find a large enough tree. Most of it is done with a chainsaw, but the creator is not entirely sure how many hours have gone into the project. – I don’t count hours, but there were many, says Nedrelid. The “Pinch” humorist believes that no one will be able to say no to having a pinch in the roundabout, not even the Swedish Road Administration. – It will be a fantastic monument for Hovdebygda and Ørsta, concludes Ryste.
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Will exhibit a giant clothespin in a circular drive
