There are a lot of items you may start reaching for when SHTF – a gun, a HAM radio, even duct tape and its seemingly endless list of uses may come to mind. One item that probably doesn’t come to mind is the lowly safety pin. It turns out, you can do a lot with these pointy little clasps. To be clear, stockpiling a bunch of safety pins probably isn’t sound prepping advice. But if the time comes where you are having to make do with what you have, and you happen to have a few dozen safety pins stored somewhere (as most people do), refer back to this list of safety pin survival hacks and put them to use.