2025 FAFM | February 14 | N
-[ N is for Nails ]-
Rusty nails, that is. The ones on top are eight-penny (2½" or 63.5mm long) box nails; the bottom, five-penny (1¾" or 44.5mm long) finish nails.
I don't recall when I bought these nails, but I must have had them since at least the 1990s. In any case, I haven't used many since then, and time and humidity left their mark on the unprotected steel. Ever since my preferences shifted towards screws and wood glue (holding together the lightbox from two days earlier, for example), I never used nails again.
2025 FAFM | February 14 | N
-[ N is for Nails ]-
Rusty nails, that is. The ones on top are eight-penny (2½" or 63.5mm long) box nails; the bottom, five-penny (1¾" or 44.5mm long) finish nails.
I don't recall when I bought these nails, but I must have had them since at least the 1990s. In any case, I haven't used many since then, and time and humidity left their mark on the unprotected steel. Ever since my preferences shifted towards screws and wood glue (holding together the lightbox from two days earlier, for example), I never used nails again.