Restoration hardware

The restoration / conservation / heritage market is concerned to restore / repair / reproduce buildings (such as castles and listed buildings) and boats from the past in their original form. It is important that the nails used retain the authentic look and feel of the nails used when the building or boat was first constructed. Our TRADITIONAL cut nail products provide the fixing solution. The nails can be made from mild steel or bronze. Click here to see some Special Applications

DECOR NAIL - Pyramid head used for studding on doors, gates, walls and floors

CLOUT NAIL - The original common nail with a flat head

CUT CLASP NAILS - Used to hold wooden window and door frames to old stone walls

CUT FLOOR BRAD - Used on tongued and grooved floors

FURNITURE BRAD - Used on antique furniture

MOULDER BRAD - Used for applications requiring a headless nail

ROSEHEAD NAILS - Fine shank for decorative purposes. See also Boat Nail page

BUILDING NAIL - Used for restoring buildings where a round head is required

DECOR NAIL View picture 1 View picture 2 View drawing

Shape

Size (mm)

No. per kilo
(approx)

	35 x 3.2	320
	35 x 5	160
	40 x 5	118
	50 x 5	117
	65 x 5	91
	75 x 6	59

This nail with its pyramid head is being used for studding on doors, gates, walls and floors

CLOUT NAIL View picture View drawing

Shape

Size (mm)

No. per kilo
(approx)

40 x 2.6
430

50 x 2.6 350

65 x 3.2 180

75 x 4 100

This is the cut nail fore runner of the now common wire nail and wire clout nail. It has a flat head and is used for any timber to timber fixing where a plain head is required.

In the past, it was also used to hold slates onto roofs until the wire clout nail with a galvanized finish offered a cheaper and longer lasting solution than a mild steel cut nail.

CUT CLASP NAILS View picture View drawing

Shape

Size (mm)

No. per kilo
(approx)

	40 x 2	616
	50 x 2.6	286
	65 x 3	171
	75 x 3.2	103
	90 x 3.5	66
	100 x 4	48

Used to hold wooden window and door frames to old stone walls. Other sizes available.

Although it resembles the American Hardened Cut Nail, it is actually made from mild steel and is not hardened and is not a suitable alternative.

Cut Clasp is the shape of cut nail traditionally used in the UK and Eire.

CUT FLOOR BRAD View picture View drawing

Shape

Size (mm)

No. per kilo
(approx)

	50 x 2.6	264
	60 x 3	198
	65 x 3.2	154
	75 x 3.2	100
	100 x 4	53

Used on tongued and grooved floors. Other sizes available.

Floor Brad is traditionally used in the UK and Eire.

FURNITURE BRAD View picture View drawing

Shape

Size (mm)

No. per kilo
(approx)

25 x 1.5

1600

Designed particularly for use in antique furniture.

Often the antique furniture market attempts to use original brads removed from pieces of furniture that are beyond repair.

Since these brads are manufactured in the same way as the original brads, authenticity is maintained and time spent looking for old nails is saved.

MOULDER BRAD View picture View drawing

Shape

Size (mm)

No. per kilo
(approx)

	50 x 2	480
	60 x 2	360

This nail is essentially a headless nail for use when the holding power of a cut nail is required but no head. It is used in timber to timber fixings and also to fix timber to aerated concrete block.

The nail is a traditional nail in Scandinavia where the nail usually receives a colour finish to match the colour of items being fixed.

In the UK, a larger version was in the past used by the castings industry when making moulds but the decline in the castings industry is such that there is little call for this bigger size today.

ROSEHEAD FINE SHANK View picture View drawing

Shape

Size (mm)

No. per kilo
(approx)

	40 x 2.5	430
	50 x 3	225
	65 x 3	175
	75 x 3.2	135
	100 x 4	70

Rosehead for decorative purposes. Other sizes available.

Rosehead Boat Nails are also used in self colour form for restoration. View picture1 View picture2

See also Boat Nail page.

This nail is used in Europe, USA and Australia.

BUILDING NAIL (Round head) View picture View drawing

Shape	Size (mm)	No. per kilo (approx)
	65 x 4 x 3	148
	75 x 4 x 3	119
	100 x 5 x 4	74
	125 x 6 x 5	40
	150 x 8 x 6	27
	175 x 8 x 6	20
	200 x 8 x 6	17

This nail has a rounded head and is designed to resemble the shape of a Mustad (or Mustadfors) square wire nail called a Furuspik

This nail is used in Scandinavia for restoring old buildings

Why are our TRADITIONAL CUT NAILS requested?

Because by using machines and a process that has changed little in 200 years means that the cut nail products retain the authentic look and feel of the original products.

Consider also the shape and style of nails from Roman times,when they were hand made. Add to that the fact that these first nail machines designed around 1800 sought to replicate the hand made nails and you have nail products to suit restoration work from all relevant periods. Click here to see a Roman nail.

Customers are encouraged to request nail shapes and sizes outwith the range shown because it is possible that we can make them.