A visual history of the safety pin
andsoitis | 29 points
I have a huge (4 inches/10 cm) brass safety pin with a number stamped into it. Apparently these were once used to tag bags of laundry in the military and industry.
mikewarot | 5 hours ago
"zicherka" (how is it called in your country?)
dvh | 6 hours ago
Its history is impressive but I used safety pin maybe few times in my lifetime and fail to see a single practical use nowadays, opposite to e.g. matchstick.
lifestyleguru | 3 hours ago
[dead]
Alex_001 | 3 hours ago
In Castilian Spanish it's called "imperdible" which means unlossable/unmissable, which results in the ironic occurrence of finding a lost one or losing yours.