Unpopular opinion: hand forged nails are a waste of time for most projects

Tbh I used to swear by making my own nails for every timber frame I built. Spent like 6 hours forging 50 of them for a shed last spring. Then I bought a box of 100 machine cut nails from a place in Vermont for $12 and the project came out just as solid. Has anyone else ditched hand forged hardware for certain jobs?

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davidwright24d ago

I feel you man, that $12 box hits different.

kai_knight124d ago

Hits different is right man. I once bought a $12 pint of craft IPA that was supposed to be "limited edition" and it tasted like someone dumped grapefruit juice into old socks. Still finished it though.