Occasionally I get the opportunity to use materials that don’t get a whole lot of use in the shop. For instance it's not often I get to use true hand made cut nails!
Cut nails have been around for centuries, and are still very useful for furniture that requires a fastener in a visible area, or just as decoration on an otherwise somewhat plain surface.
In hard maple it's advisable to pre-drill before driving the nail.
These nails have more of a blade shaped tip than a point, and it's important to orient the nail so the blade slices the fibers of the wood rather than forcing them apart (and possibly splitting the wood).
Once I'm happy with the placement of all the nails, I simply hammer them home.
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