More than 170 years ago, a certain Walter Hunt found himself in debt, owing what was at the time a rather serious sum of 15 US dollars. In today’s terms, that would be somewhere between 500 and 600 dollars.
And as the saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention.
So what did he do? He simply sat down and, in a surprisingly short time, came up with a small, unassuming object that remains a widely used and brilliantly clever multi-super-tool to this day.
Get ready, you’re about to be amazed.
The safety pin. No joke.
Also no joke, but much sadder: Walter Hunt never really profited from it. He was able to pay off his debt without a problem, but he sold the patent, filed on April 10, 1849, for a relatively small sum to a company that later made a lot of money from it.
Today, the safety pin looks back on an impressive and eventful history. It has played a role in politics, made a statement in protest culture, appeared in fashion, and even saved the day in first aid situations.
As I said, a true multi-function super-tool.
And today, Braille 200 not only gives the safety pin the recognition it deserves, it also proudly adds another chapter to its journey of glory.
Braille 200 presents:
Braille writing with safety pins.
And we can say with absolute confidence and prove with the image below, it works.
We wish you all a joyful, creative, and wonderfully pointy Safety Pin Day!
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