“These things are so great and have so many uses in so many areas that I don’t even have to market them. Customers just find me,” says Larry Schwartz, who’s been in the safety-pin business for more ...

Did you know that the first design for a pin-back button got patented in 1896? We often associate button pins with election campaigns and politics. However, they’re also great accessories to clothes, ...

A seemingly simple hole on a safety pin, a century-old design, reveals ingenious engineering. This looped termination, born ...