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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 175154, member: 37"]The one in your detail picture of the top corner looks like a modern finish nail with a dimple for counter-sinking. Also, it is shiny and the hole looks to have never been filled. Old furniture that uses nails where they would be apparent, should have the holes filled. The ones you are showing on the back look old.</p><p><br /></p><p>The picture of the stripped piece is not good enough for a comparison. Nails on stripped pieces such as this often lose their filling material in the holes and show rust as this one does. There are certainly round head nails that are old. It just looks like this one you show is new.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 175154, member: 37"]The one in your detail picture of the top corner looks like a modern finish nail with a dimple for counter-sinking. Also, it is shiny and the hole looks to have never been filled. Old furniture that uses nails where they would be apparent, should have the holes filled. The ones you are showing on the back look old. The picture of the stripped piece is not good enough for a comparison. Nails on stripped pieces such as this often lose their filling material in the holes and show rust as this one does. There are certainly round head nails that are old. It just looks like this one you show is new.[/QUOTE]
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