Anyone know about hand wrought nails?

Discussion in 'Furniture' started by Charles Dupree, Dec 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM.

  1. Charles Dupree

    Charles Dupree New Member

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    pulled this hand wrought nail out of this table. Clearly really old. There’s probably 10+ types of nails in this table which seem to date to their respective repairs on the table. The legs don’t seem to be original to the rest of the piece. Anyone know about these nails? It’s about 5/8 of an inch
     
  2. Red6

    Red6 Well-Known Member

    Looks like a horseshoe nail.
     
  3. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

  4. Charles Dupree

    Charles Dupree New Member

    Yeah. Anyone know any actual experts on primitive furniture/old growth lumber I can get in contact with?
     
  5. Charles Dupree

    Charles Dupree New Member

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    here’s another, different nail. Definitely ain’t no 50 year old reproduction.
     
  6. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    likely not........but u can't judge a table by it's nails only.
    Many a carpenter has used whatever nails they had at hand..... and even old boards with nails already in place.
     
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