Paperclip

The paper clip is one of the common object used for many purposes. Basically, it’s an instrument used to hold sheets of paper together, usually made of steel wire bent to a looped shape. Its design is very simple and functional.

Dimensions

Paper clips usually have an oblong shape with straight sides, but may also be triangular or circular, or have more elaborate shapes. Usually, they are very small to allow themselves to be allocated everywhere and to carry anytime with you.

Material

The most common material is steel or some other metal, but molded plastic is also used. Now we can find them multi-colored plastic-coated paper clips and spring-fastened binder clips, to be more appealing to all the targets. Anyway, the materials how they are made are very resistant, elastic and difficult to broke.

Uses

Lots of people use this object to many purposes. The most famous is to block some sheets but we can also use them to other goals. Paper clips have one hundred possibilities to use. Those are just some of them: nail cuticle remover, worm hook, to make pixel holes in paper, as jewellery, to help to close your bracelet, marshmallow sticks, cheese picker, hair accessory, hold bank notes together, remove hair from a broom or hair brush, get trough small passage, hold a zip in place, use to hold broken links in chain (jewellery), …