Weird Square Nail

[ripvanb]

I know it's just a square nail, but I've never seen one that looks like this. Anyone know what it was used for? It's 2 inches long.

 

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[Tpmetal]

If it wasn't made with that head on purpose, it might have been a reused nail that was burned out of something else. therefore annealed and the head flattened when reused. But sometimes they made nails specifically for a purpose. Good luck figuring it out

 

[bradyboy]

nail reject - imo

 

[ripvanb]

Thanks for the replies

 

[Goldiver]

https://www.uvm.edu/~histpres/203/nails.html

 

[Underwonder]

It is interesting!

 

[Icewing]

I was thinking "boat nail" or "rose head nail"

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Hand wrought but the smith put extra "flourish" on it by fattening the sides instead of a four or five petal "rose" head.

 

[unclemac]

horseshoe nail