I have two kinds I got at JoAnns. The ones with the cute button heads- I bought a pack to put a cute pin in a pincushion I was giving as a gift. They are sharp...cute and pokey! The others have blue glass heads. I wish the heads were a bit larger, but in the grand scheme of things, sharp is most important. They are kinda bendy too, so if I have more than a couple layers of fabric, I use something with a heftier pin.