Frank Fusco
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Where can I get old fashioned square headed nails? I thought VanDyke's carried them but the catalog only shows decorative upholstery tacks, no real nails.
frank, call powells and ask for "cut nails" they just might have `em?
Sounds good in theory Mark; but how many of us have local blacksmiths?Would it be ridiculously expensive to commission some from a local blacksmith? Would make a good apprentice project.
Sounds good in theory Mark; but how many of us have local blacksmiths?
For you, Frank (not the OP) there's two in North York and one in Newmarket, at least.
A similar google search for "mountain home arkansas blacksmith" gave a bunch of hits that Frank the OP might be interested in as well.
A decent smith could make maybe 20 or so nails in about 15 minutes at the end of the day while the coal burns down too little for other tasks (if not more) - tell them about what kind of patina effect you're looking for and I'm sure you'll get some good ideas. For that matter, if you didn't need a whole lot of nails, a barter of a cold beverage might well be the charge.
It's fun to watch the smith work too. Not so much fun to get your head too close to the coal smoke as the fire burns out though. DAMHIKT.