Enamel pins
About 1 inch · soft or hard enamel · rubber clutch
An enamel pin is a small metal badge with color sitting in the fields the metal holds. A typical lapel face is about three-quarters of an inch to an inch and a quarter. The back is a post and a butterfly clutch. Hard enamel is filled, ground, and polished so color and metal share one plane. Soft enamel leaves the line standing and the color lower.
Feel the face
Run a finger across a finished pin. That is the test. Hard enamel is a single shiny surface, jewelry-like. Soft enamel is a tactile drawing: ridges around each field, color recessed like a tiny tray. Neither finish is a different kind of pin. Same needle. Same clutch. The choice is surface, line, and shine.
Alchemy Merch puts the finger test plainly: with hard enamel, everything is smooth, shiny, and flush; with soft enamel the outlines stand and the color sits lower. PinMart describes the hard-enamel result as a flat, glossy surface that feels sleek to the touch. A cloisonné field is the same idea taken toward glass: color held in a metal cell. For a visitor, it is still enamel in a metal wall.
Sources: Alchemy Merch, Enamel Pins 101; PinMart, Hard Enamel vs Soft Enamel Pins.
The back
Pinch the butterfly wings to seat the clutch. Do not yank it off without pinching; that bends the post and chews the fabric. A rubber clutch is kinder on a cap. A locking clutch is the one you want on a bag. Two posts show up on a larger face. The cloth decides that.
Hard enamel faces scratch. Leave air between them. After an Orlando rain shower, the polished face wipes clean. Soft enamel can hold a little dust in the line; a soft cloth clears it. Do not leave a face down on a hotel dresser next to sunscreen.
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Get this Licensed face enamel pin. A clutch-back face for a lapel or a lanyard.
Get this Licensed bow-face enamel pin. Same clutch job as the other face pin.
Get this Licensed mask enamel pin. Hard enamel for a jacket or lanyard.
Get this Licensed fruit silhouette pin set. Four citrus slices, about 1.5 to 2 inches.
Pewter silhouettes live in the same aisle when the face is a cast outline, not a baked color field. A souvenir-style city mark is still enamel; the subject is the trip. Family: souvenir.
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