My wife recently refinished her grandmother’s china cabinet. No idea of age, so would like to get a guesstimate of date. While disassembling / removing the doors and hinges prior to refinishing, this was the type of screw that was used to attach the door hinges. (VERY difficult to remove BTW).
I’ve never seen a screw like this so was thinking it might help me determine a time period for the cabinet. (My hunch is it’s not very old or overly valuable- sentimental more than anything).
Has anyone ever seen a screw like this? Does it have a name? Is it associated with a particular era or timeframe?
TiA.
Chris
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Mystery screw
The only thing I have seen that resembles that are the screws (nails, really) that they give you to install metal threshold strips to cover the end of carpets and for plastic and metal wall corner protectors. You drive them in with a hammer, and can sort of unscrew them with a screwdriver, if you are lucky, or you pull them out with a claw hammer. I'd probably replace them with real screws.
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