i've always been interested in finding out where, when, how, the sizing system for nails came about. hopefully you experts out there can fill me in. where did it come from, who figured it out, when. etc. thanks.
How did the system for sizing nails in hardware stores originate?
Oct 18, 2004
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it dates from the days when nails were made one at a time, by hand, by a blacksmith....
Take a look here:
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of nail history.
Nov. issue of Wood magazine covers this (page 28) as well as a link in another post.
It was the cost per hundred nails. John
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