What is a pin back called?

Asked by: Meechie Martin

A pin-back button or pinback button, pin button, button badge, or simply pin-back or badge, is a button or badge that can be temporarily fastened to the surface of a garment using a safety pin, or a pin formed from wire, a clutch or other mechanism.

What holds a pin in place?

Rubber PVC Clutches are easy to put on and take off of pin spikes and come in a huge variety of colors and new, cute shapes have started appearing on the market recently. PVC rubber clutches can even be made to match the enamel colors on a pin. These clutches are very useful for keeping your pin secure.

Why are they called Dammits?

Pin fact: Some military members disparagingly call butterfly clutches “dammits,” after the first words that come out of a servicemember’s mouth when they go flying across the room while fastened by clumsy or hurried hands.

What are Dammits?

Butterfly clutches are sometimes known as dammits, especially in military circles, after the phrase one says when one belonging to an important badge or medal is lost.

What is the clip on a pin called?

An R-clip, also known as an R-pin, R-key, hairpin cotter pin, hairpin cotter, bridge pin, hitch pin clip or spring cotter pin, is a fastener made of a durable but flexible material, commonly hardened metal wire, resembling the shape of the letter “R”.

What can I use instead of a pin back?

Butterfly Clutches



They can be silver or gold and you need to press on the “butterfly wings” to open and remove the lock. These don’t add any extra cost to the pin and are the standard option.

How do you use back pins?

So to get these to work you just hold it between your thumb and your forefinger. You pull up on the ball while you pushing down on the body. So they very easily slide over the back of the pin post.

What is a military clutch back?

The back is not visible when worn, making the lapel pin more pleasing to the eye. Metal Butterfly Clutch has been the standard lapel pin back for many years. It is lightweight, opens easily, and usually matches best to the actual pin. Metal butterfly clutch is also known as military clutch.

How do butterfly pin backs work?

It will hold your pin. Kind of secure but they will slide off eventually. And they take them off you just press the tongs. And off the pin comes not real hard.

How does a pin clutch work?

Works by a little pinching mechanism. So there's little prongs on the side you pinch them and that's what allows it to go on the pin.

What are pins fasteners?

pin fastener, a steel pin, usually cylindrical, that can keep machine parts in proper alignment or fasten them together. The illustration shows several types of pin fasteners in common use.

What are hitch pins?

A hitch pin consists of a small metal rod that prevents certain trailer hitch parts such as the ball mount shank from slipping out of the hitch receiver tube. Bent hitch pins are often in an “L” shape. The hitch pin is designed for insertion into the side of the hitch receiver.

What is a clip brooch?

First created by the fine-jewelry maker Cartier in 1927, a double clip brooch was a pin-backed mount for two dress clips, so they could be worn together as one brooch or as two separate jewels. Dress clips were already enormously popular in the 1920s because of their versatility.

What is Coro Duette?

Made from about 1942 to 1948 by Coro, a prolific costume jewelry manufacturer, Duette pins or brooches are two clips attached to a frame. Joined together side-by-side, they form one sizeable brooch. Separated, each half becomes a small pin on its own.

How do you wear a brooch clip?

Times a little quite sharp tines on the back of them to hold them on to whatever you are wearing. You can pend these to a scarf or you can pin them to a bag your dress your blouse your sweater.