[TheForge] Nails

[wmullett at bright.net]

It just helps to keep the wood from splitting.

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>Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:58:32 -0300
>From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net (on behalf of mspencer at tallships.ca (Mike Spencer))
>Subject: [TheForge]  Re: Nails  
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>me>  So I haven't spotted any butterfly nails but quite a few "finish"
>me> nails made by putting a smallish-to-medium hand-forged nail on the
>me> anvil and just mashing the head cold from one side so that, in one
>me> direction, it's the same thickness as the shank.
>
>FredZ> What is the advantage of doing that?
>
>Well, I dunno if I'd do it myself, but from the places where I see it,
>I reckon its so that the nail head will sink into the wood flush.  The
>long dimension of the flattened head is oriented along the grain of
>trim pieces such as the ca. 1/2" or 3/4" thick parts of window casings
>and are, in fact, driven in flush. I'd have to go and look though my
>collection of hand made nails recovered from the house but I think
>they're mostly 6d to maybe 9d sizes.
>
>
>- Mike
>
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