Accidental Inventions : The Safety pin
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
January 31, 2021 1:30pm CST
We owe the invention of the safety pin to a nervous man.
Walter Hunt was focusing on his debts when he began to worry a piece of wire between his fingers. He bent it this way and that and quickly realized that it could fasten onto itself if bent a certain way.
What did he call this invention? The dress pin
How much did the man owe? $15.00 (or $404.04 USD today)
If you're interested, more can be found out here:
Mechanic and independent inventor Walter Hunt secured a place in American history when he invented the useful, everyday
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@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
31 Jan 21
Me and my sisters when we were teens use to make friendship puns with them and we would put them on our tennis shoes that we wore in the summer and we alsontried selling some.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
31 Jan 21
Oh, did you get anybody buying them? I've seen those friendship pins before but it's been awhile. How cute!
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@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
31 Jan 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum A few people but not many.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
31 Jan 21
@Tina30219 My friend made hemp bracelets and sold a few of them when they were really popular.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
31 Jan 21
People like Walter Hunt amaze me. We have so many things because of men and women who tried and did come up with something useful many of us use today.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
31 Jan 21
I think the women impress me the most, especially when they had to muddle through the menfolk and their way of thinking.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
31 Jan 21
Now look at that..fascinating how some of these items were invented. Ha $15 lol
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
31 Jan 21
$15 doesn't buy a lot anymore.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
31 Jan 21
This was an ingenious invention, still very useful so many years later. Very interesting AmberLynn, thanks!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
1 Feb 21
@kobesbuddy That's completely understandable. I have done the same with blouses that I love but don't want to show too much.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
1 Feb 21
I have two safety pins pinned to my laundry basket for safe keeping. Not sure why I put them there (as I did so years ago) but at least I know where they are.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
1 Feb 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum My one dress has a tiny safety pin stored inside the neckline. When I wear the dress, I use that safety pin to assure that my neckline isn't too low in front. I'm very modest and don't want to appear like I'm not.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
31 Jan 21
I need to get more. We have a little pink ceramic basket that we keep the safety pins in.
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@thelme55 (79324)
• Germany
31 Jan 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Ceramic basket is nice to keep some small things inside.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
31 Jan 21
@thelme55 Yes. It makes me think of easter. It was my great grandmother's.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
31 Jan 21
You're welcome. I love it too. I also love those "how its' made" shows.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
31 Jan 21
@CarolDM I love when I see them recommended on youtube.
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
31 Jan 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum I have watched many of those and learned a lot too.
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@kaylachan (84784)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
31 Jan 21
Some of our best foods and inventions come from accidents.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
31 Jan 21
True. Potato chips, for instance.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
1 Feb 21
Thank You! I hope you do too.
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