In woodworking and construction, a nail is a small object made of metal (or wood, called a tree nail or "trunnel") which is used as a fastener, as a peg to hang something, or sometimes as a …

Most everyone knows that handmade nails are older than machine made nails. But could you identify a handmade nail if you saw one? And could you separate an old nail from a …

We give a chronology: the history of nails, types & methods of fabrication, and we describe antique and modern cut nails focusing on tree nails, wrought nails, and cut nails used in wood …

A brief overview of handmade (wrought) nails that were used in house construction from time immemorial until about 1800, when machined-made cut nails superseded them.

Sep 10, 2019 · It’s unknown when exactly nails were invented. With that said, archeologists have found nails in Egypt dating back to around 3,400 B.C. Made of all bronze, they featured the …

Cut nails are metal nails, usually iron, occasionally brass or bronze, that were "cut" from a large flat rectangular metal plate by using a huge slicing blade that could cut red hot metal.

Nails have been around for a long time. As soon as man discovered that heating iron ore could form metal, the ideas for shaping it quickly followed. In the UK, early evidence of large scale …

From copper and bronze nails in ancient Egypt to the mass-produced wire nails of the Industrial Revolution and the advanced coatings and specialized designs of modern times, nails have …

Sep 1, 2011 · 3000 B.C. Historians believe nail polish was invented in China. 1932 Chemist Carlton Ellis patents the first nail enamel. Revlon Nail Enamel Company is born months later.

Jan 7, 2024 · In ancient Greece, specific nail cutters called onychasteres were used to trim nails. Greek authors like Homer and Aristophanes mention the use of tweezers, files, and nail …