I miss the days of forging my own nails from scratch

When I first started shoeing back in '92, I was apprenticing with this old timer in Kentucky who made me forge every single nail from bar stock. Took forever but man, you learned to appreciate a good nail. Now it's all machine made stuff from China and I swear the QC has gone downhill. Last month I had a batch where half the heads snapped off driving them in. Anybody else notice this or am I just getting old and cranky?

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lisar144mo ago

Happens with everything now. Bought a bag of drywall screws last week and three of them twisted in half before they even bit into the stud. It's like everything's made to barely last past the warranty.

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jade324mo ago

Three of them twisted in half? That's wild, I would have thrown the whole bag across the garage! I usually just get super frustrated when the heads snap off, but having them actually twist apart before even biting in sounds next-level bad. Makes you wonder what kind of metal they're even using these days.

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