From: flattened@dontemailme.com   
      
   In article <6047da4.0405010128.7713f90a@posting.google.com>,   
   cmashieldscapting@hotmail.com says...   
      
      
   >Wow, thanks.  I found a picture of a draft horseshoe nail and it had a sharp   
   poi   
   >nt.   
   >   
   >Cori   
      
   And I stand corrected. They ARE pointed, but   
   not in the sense as a rounded point like   
   an ordinary nail. It's a tapered "flattened" point,   
   but a point nevertheless. And because there are a   
   number of different companies making the nails today,   
   there is a wide choice. My experience is with the   
   type nails popular with ranchers and horse lovers in   
   my area of the country. I recall seeing horseshoe nails   
   being sold in Home Depot or one of the other builder   
   supply outlets. I was thinking of the "point" being   
   truncated because a farrier will "clip" off the point   
   after driving it in order to minimize risk of injury   
   as the shoeing continues.   
      
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