Blacksmith made nails - fair price

[jeremy j smith]

They appear to be sold in boxes of 100.

[Christian Thompson]

The tool box I made has butterfly hinges with PROPERLY CLENCHED nails. First you bend the tips at 90 degrees. Then hammer the shank down flat into the wood so the nail forms a staple. And,you do not have any sharp ended nails to catch on your clothing or cut yourself on by accident. This is the proper way to clench a nail. Not proper is making the nail look like a mis shapen puddle of spaghetti as seen on a well known TV show.

George - how do you bend the tips? Pliers?

[Kees Heiden]

Yes you can bend the tip with pliers, but real carpenters would hit the tip of the nail with a hammer so it would fold over.

And indeed the nails from LN seem to go in boxes of 100. Overhere they sell them by weight.

[george wilson]

This is true,but some members here are not pros,so I was offering a SURE way for them to neatly clench nails.(actually,I didn't specify how to bend the tips). Look what happened on Roy's show when Swartz clenched nails into tired little puddles.

I am a neat freak,so I just use my leatherman to SHARPLY bend the tips so they go in neater. All of you should carry a Super Leatherman. I use mine a dozen times a day when I'm working.

Horse shoe nails at Tractor Supply are $11.99 per 100,if you want to head your own nails. What I like best,though,is the shanks are FLAT,so they clench flat and neatly without breaking the wood clear through.

[Kees Heiden]

Of course, I use pliers too! And I think the woodwright shop is a very funny TV show, occasionaly inspiring and they are always in a terrible hurry! No wonder some things go awry.

[george wilson]

We were in a hurry too,when we made a spinet and a violin during the off season at Williamsburg. Everything takes much longer when you are filming. Takes,re takes,etc. The camera was eternally getting a "hair" in the shutter(why,I don't know!) Certainly made re takes a bother. I didn't have a "spare" spinet or violin to make retakes on.