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The irregular rounded head was made in a subsequent step by first clamping the nail shank so that the head could be compressed - hence the rounded shank with pinch marks on the upper part of the nail just under the nail head. 1810 - Present: Modern Machine Made Nails Note direction of iron fibres in nails and spikes I suspect that's a hand-forged spike or nail, though it's so corroded that we can't be sure if we're seeing tool marks or variations in loss of iron off of the surfaces. I meant the bull skin trail, sorry for the typo. I can include dimensions and other photos if needed. Before about 1815 nail machines in New England operated on pre-heated iron plate, as shown by the recrystllization of the shear band.

Earlier nails were often larger spikes used to replace treenails in post and beam or other wood construction; later smaller hand made nails appear even for use in securing wood lath for plaster walls. Early hand-wrought nails were made from iron plate that had to be cut into slits to form nail "rods". Thanks, Charles. In which direction did the metal grain go in Roman nail? I can see it as an advantage for a nail! Nelson, Lee H., NAIL CHRONOLOGY as an AID to DATING OLD BUILDINGS [PDF], U.S. National Park Service, Technical Leaflet No. 48. retrieved 2019/01/08, original source: npshistory.com/publications/nail-chronology.pdf Post and beam construction (1700 - est. in North America): (timber framing) uses horizontal and vertical timbers that are connected (joined) using mortise and tenon joints pinned with wood pegs (treenails).

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Watch out: modern reproductions of hand-wrought nails are still provided (2021) by companies such as the Termont nail company. More help: WINDOW HARDWARE AGE 4. Color, Condition of & Marks on Wood or Other Materials Surrounding the Nail You're referring to nails that were hand-wrought or modified to have a more-flat and wide tip that was then clinched over after being driven through two or more boards, forming a very secure connection.

Forged nails, unless badly rusted or filed smooth, will show hammer marks on their nail head and along the nail shank, and such nails will be a bit inconsistent or irregular with their siblings as each was formed individually, by hand. Zidan, Y., El Hadidi, N.M.N., Abo Elgat, W., EFFECT of IRON RUST on ARCHAEOLOGICAL WOOD (Gun No. 7/14) [PDF] Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt,Those crimp marks across the shank of the nail just under the head tell us that this is a modern factory machine-made cut nail, not an antique Continue reading at NAIL ID & AGE: CUT NAILS, or select a topic from the closely-related articles below, or see the complete ARTICLE INDEX. Do tell us the surrounding information: country, nearby city, surrounding conditions, structures, history, age of the building where found. US NPS, Nelson, Lee H., NAIL CHRONOLOGY as an AID to DATING OLD BUILDINGS [PDF], U.S. National Park Service, Technical Leaflet No. 48. retrieved 2019/01/08, original source: http://npshistory.com/publications/nail-chronology.pdf

Cut nails made in North America before the 1830s would not have been used for clinched nailing (ends would break off) Illustration: splits in this antique nail probably indicate direction of its iron fibres - parallel to the shank dimension - discussed below. It sounds like you have much of that physical and contextual data already to help you in learning more about your nail. Our best and most complete advice is found above.I was recently repairing an old dresser I had gotten from a thrift store and found some very old looking square nails, which led me here. There is a very long history of iron ship spikes, their production and use, and interestingly, in some locations, their re-use.