How to Make Victorian Hatpins | Tutorial

My husband was nice enough to agree to show how he made my hatpins on video. Extra long hatpins are hard to find and tend to be expensive for just one, so we found a way to make a whole lot of them with some fairly inexpensive supplies.
Links to the items we used are below, we are not sponsored for any of the products linked.
Steel Wire: www.amazon.co....
Diamond Sharpening Stone: www.amazon.co....
Sewing Machine Oil: www.amazon.co....
Jewelry Files: www.amazon.co....
Tie Pin Caps: www.amazon.co....
Beads: www.etsy.com/u...
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Bonus: Diana the Corgi dog

[@angelafoxmusic7265]

Thanks. I've often wondered how they were used. I suppose eventually the make the hat a bit holey.

[@AbiSueCostumes]

Not much surprisingly, the pins are pretty sharp, they don't cut the material just poke through like with fabric

[@karinbaird2499]

Thank you Abby’s Husband 🙏🏼💐

[@AbiSueCostumes]

So kind of him!

[@karinbaird2499]

@@AbiSueCostumes I have always wanted to make some. The links are very useful. Thank you both💞

[@AbiSueCostumes]

@@karinbaird2499 happy to help!

[@pippaseaspirit4415]

I wonder whether a nine-inch hatpin could be classified as “an offensive weapon” if you encountered an unsympathetic police officer! And whether it would hold up in Court that it was a historically accurate part of your costume!

[@makaylar.6722]

So I fell down the internet rabbit hole. apparently in 1908 laws were starting to pass about the length of hat pin you could have because the pins were being used as "self defense weapons" . 7 to 9 inches is the max and they also had to be capped. it doesn't seem like this law was revoked.

[@AbiSueCostumes]

@makaylar.6722 I had read that hatpins were used for self defense, so I'm not surprised there were laws passed 😅

[@pippaseaspirit4415]

@@AbiSueCostumes Why am I not surprised that laws were passed to protect those from whom the women had to defend themselves, rather than to remove the need for self-defence?

[@AbiSueCostumes]

@pippaseaspirit4415 pretty standard I'd say 😆

[@threefatcatsuk]

I knew the only hope i had of getting long hat pins was to make my own. Thank you both so much!

[@AbiSueCostumes]

Happy to be of service!