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   In article <6047da4.0404301105.45198fd7@posting.google.com>,   
   cmashieldscapting@hotmail.com says...   
   >   
   >Okay, for horse people:   
   >   
   >--Have horseshoe nails always had sharp points, or back in the days of   
   >"square nails," were they blunt?   
      
   I have never seen a horseshoe nail that had   
   a sharp point. Not to say there aren't some.   
   But what distinquishes horseshoe nails from   
   any other kind of nail are the unique rectangular   
   cross section, forged head, tapered shank and   
   the truncated "point."   
      
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