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Offline amertrac

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Whats it 4/18/13
« on: April 18, 2013, 07:17:59 AM »
you all know what it is but do you know what it was originally made for  clue  military ww1

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Re: Whats it 4/18/13
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2013, 07:24:19 AM »
I think they were used to identify the net laundry bags in the Navy.
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Re: Whats it 4/18/13
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2013, 07:28:01 AM »
Second thought after my posting,  my Grandfather called them horse blanket pins. 
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Re: Whats it 4/18/13
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2013, 07:32:54 AM »
My first thought was a hand grenade pin, but probably not.
Pins for clothing have been around since the 14th century. The modern safety pin was invented by Walter Hunt before 1869.
http://inventors.about.com/od/hstartinventors/a/safety_pin.htm
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Re: Whats it 4/18/13
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2013, 08:33:28 AM »
Quote from: geneg on April 18, 2013, 07:28:01 AM
Second thought after my posting,  my Grandfather called them horse blanket pins.
correct they kept the blankets on the horse/mule while they were not working the pin would hold the blanket under the horses neck so they could lay down and not lose the blanket
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Re: Whats it 4/18/13
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2013, 11:56:11 AM »
I was gonna guess they held the diapers on Paul Bunyan's baby...
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Re: Whats it 4/18/13
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2013, 12:40:04 PM »
I bet the horse wasn't too crazy about getting stuck with that huge pin?!!!!!
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Offline Bill Houghton

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Re: Whats it 4/18/13
« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2013, 08:41:00 PM »
Quote from: amecks on April 18, 2013, 12:40:04 PM
I bet the horse wasn't too crazy about getting stuck with that huge pin?!!!!!

I'm sure a talented groom (or whatever the proper term was for the guy who took care of the horses) was able to stick the pin through the blanket without sticking it through the horse, just like generations of parents learned how to stick the smaller safety pin through the diaper without sticking the baby.  Certainly I did (diaper/baby, not blanket/horse).
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Re: Whats it 4/18/13
« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2013, 09:35:03 PM »
I have one like it I use to hold my striker on my side when metal working.  Just snap it on a belt loop.
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Re: Whats it 4/18/13
« Reply #9 on: April 19, 2013, 09:36:54 AM »
When I was a kid, we got one of these with a number on it that matched the number on the locker for our clothes at the local swimming pool.  Looks to me like these mega safety pins had a lot of uses.
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Re: Whats it 4/18/13
« Reply #10 on: April 19, 2013, 09:54:30 AM »
Quote from: Branson on April 19, 2013, 09:36:54 AM
When I was a kid, we got one of these with a number on it that matched the number on the locker for our clothes at the local swimming pool.  Looks to me like these mega safety pins had a lot of uses.
Me too
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Re: Whats it 4/18/13
« Reply #11 on: April 19, 2013, 04:02:34 PM »
Me three on the pin for the clothes basket at the swimming pool.
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Re: Whats it 4/18/13
« Reply #12 on: April 19, 2013, 05:18:29 PM »
I'm wearing one as I write this.
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Re: Whats it 4/18/13
« Reply #13 on: April 19, 2013, 05:45:31 PM »
Quote from: johnsironsanctuary on April 19, 2013, 05:18:29 PM
I'm wearing one as I write this.
A key chain on your belt
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Re: Whats it 4/18/13
« Reply #14 on: April 20, 2013, 07:19:05 PM »
Quote from: amertrac on April 19, 2013, 05:45:31 PM
Quote from: johnsironsanctuary on April 19, 2013, 05:18:29 PM
I'm wearing one as I write this.
A key chain on your belt
I hope it's that and not a pin on a really big diaper!
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