A visual history of the safety pin

andsoitis | 29 points

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.

awelxtr | 3 hours ago

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