# Skull and crossbones upholstery tacks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skull-and-crossbones-upholstery-tacks/314356>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 27, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skull-and-crossbones-upholstery-tacks/314356 "2005-07-27T03:38:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![simply\_cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@simply\_cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simply_cats)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skull-and-crossbones-upholstery-tacks/314356/1 "2005-07-27T03:38:18Z")

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Any ideas on where I can find them? I found “rivets”… but I need actual tacks. Hat pins won’t work, and I’m not having my normal google luck.

Thanks 🙂

~cats

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**Author:** ![surlyprince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@surlyprince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/surlyprince)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skull-and-crossbones-upholstery-tacks/314356/2 "2005-07-27T06:40:36Z")

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> [@simply\_cats](#):
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> Any ideas on where I can find them? I found “rivets”… but I need actual tacks. Hat pins won’t work, and I’m not having my normal google luck.
> 
> Thanks 🙂
> 
> ~cats

I’ve come up with some skull studs…

[http://www.studsandspikes.com/store/advanced\_search\_result.php?keywords=skull&osCsid=0c28bab69a31330c3edfa9b3311d0cdd](http://www.studsandspikes.com/store/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=skull&osCsid=0c28bab69a31330c3edfa9b3311d0cdd)