Standards and Specifications for Metals and Metal Products

technical standard published by the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Standards in Miscellaneous Publication No. 120

• Cobblers' Nails
  • 16 gage

  • Brass, brass-plated, bright

• Extra Iron Clinching Nails

  • Bright

  • 3/8, 3½/8, 4/8, 4½/8, 5/8, 5½/8, 6/8, 7/8, 8/8
• Extra Clinching Nails

  • Solid brass

  • 3/8, 3½/8, 4/8, 4½/8, 5/8, 5½/8, 6/8
• Hungarian Nails
• Channel Nails

  • Regular and sharp points

  • 18, 19, and 20 gage

  • Bright, blued

• Heel Nails

  • Gages Nos. 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17

  • Blued, bright

• Hand Shoe Tacks

  • Bright

All special trade names for tacks, such as the following, have been eliminated : American cut, Swedes cut (substituting the name trimmers) , Sweden carpet, baling, canvas, cheese-box, curtain, shade, broom, stamp, gagers, railroad, roofing, looking glass, truckers, and berry-box tacks. All tacks shall be labeled as designated in the above simplified schedule (by both number and size) on both outside and inside of package or individual container.

The conference recommends that the sale of tacks by count be discontinued, and that tacks shall be sold by weight only.