Skeptical of that statement, Rob. I find that the more chit you have the more likely you are to misplace it!!

My thoughts exactly. The new "good" chinese ones look like an upside down question mark or lightning bolt after a few uses if the tip doesnt break off first. We cant even make a good push pin anymore its sad.

I had barns, bring some with him when he was coming around to buy fur, just got three boxes

Moore push pins have been made in the USA since 1904
..Never had many problems with them, but only use basswood fur forms.

Purchased my latest ones in 2017, but still have some from the 70's as well.

If you find the Moore brand, buy them. They are no longer being produced and trapping suppliers have went to the overseas versions that you can buy off amazon

Dangit, hate to see the Moore push pins go away.

Thanks for all the advice folks, especially about the Moore, made-in-America brand. After much searching I finally found a place that had some of the old stock left and ordered four boxes of 100.

If they are the ones I think they are I'll probably order another four boxes. I should be set for a long while then.

Art supply houses carry them.

I bought 400 from an Art supply house last week, just checked tracking and it says they were delivered today. We'll see shortly if they are actually Moore brand!

I looked at art supply houses online. When I'd click on most it would say "sold out." The others had the Chinese ones. I looked at a lot of sites.

If I push enough of these aluminum thing in my cranial area,,,,,is it better then a tin foil hat?
Asking for a friend…….

Well I’ll be! They came through for me. Genuine Moore brand. Thanks for starting this thread and reminding me to get some before it was too late!

Nice!

Ebay has a tub of 250 pushpins (top lot stretcherbrand) 5/8” pushpins for 29.75 free shipping. Bought a tub last year. All brands ive bought over the past 5-6 years only hold up so long before the steel pin disconnects from the aluminum head. My grandfather used finish nails but they do allot of damage to the wood stretcher boards..

The ones that come apart I just put a dab of gorilla glue on the pin and shove it back in the head. Let it set for a day and it will never pull apart again.

I was getting a little worried because I ordered three days ago and didn't get a shipping notification yet. So I called this morning. The guy said their new website doesn't alway give a shipping notification and that they had been shipped, should soon be arriving.

I ask if they were indeed the American-made Moore pins and he said they were. He said he had bought out another trapping supplier and had gotten a case of the old pins.

He said he had about a half of case left.

As soon as they arrive and I verify they are the old, American-made pins, I will probably buy the rest of his stock.

Score!

Great haul, those 5/8 are some good ones.