History of Forged Nails

by UmarthBauglir

I'm currently in the process of making 1,000 hand forged nails (just finished my 200th yesterday) and I'd like to better understand the history, tools, and techniques of early nailers.

I haven't had much luck on any in depth books or other materials and I'm hoping someone can help me out.

I already own Nailmaking by Hugh Bodey but that book is basically just a high level summary of the subject and doesn't have a lot of great reference sources to follow up on.

So AskHistorians, where can I find more information about nails?

AshkenazeeYankee

You may find this site interesting: https://www.monticello.org/site/plantation-and-slavery/nailery

Dare I ask why you are making a thousand hand-forged iron nails?