We had a terrific old time family hardware store here, Boyette and Casey. I had a brass shop in the nineties and when I needed a pat for my lathes or any other electrical part or tool I used to hunt at the Home Depot and the Lowe’s and Ace until usually wound up at B&C. I eventually figured it out and started going to B& C first. The rule was If you can’t find it at B&C, you cant find it. The prices were a tad higher but the savings in gas more than made up for that. It was the last place that sold nails by the pound out of the revolving nail bins. The hurricane in 2018 ended it. The current owners were in their seventies and their progeny were off in Finance and Silicon Valley and government because their parents who were born hardworking but not in affluence paid for the kids and grand kids education and were not interested. in taking it over and no one else would buy such an antique style business so the stock was sold off and the building stands empty and roofless ever since. It is a great loss to the county.
Ungrateful punk kidz !!!
That really sucks bad that it’s gone.
If you can’t get it from Turner’s then most likely you don’t need it at all. Jack still has the original galvanized steel nail bins also. And if you need 1 or 3 nails to hang plants or something with they’re free.
“It was the last place that sold nails by the pound out of the revolving nail bins.”
A few years ago I was in a small town and needed a bunch of miscellaneous nails, screws, bolts, washers, etc. No prices on anything.
I asked the guy how should I mark the prices.
“Anything iron is xx cents a pound. Stainless is yy a pound.” Just keep them in separate bags and I’ll weigh them at the end.”