Stub Twist

[Breck Gorman]

Not hard to pick out the stub twist from the bunch. Who knew that the trimmed off stubs of horseshoe nails could look so good?

[Breck Gorman]

Double click for better resolution. There’s an 8g and a 28g in there.

[jeffery c]

Originally Posted by Breck Gorman

Double click for better resolution. There’s an 8g and a 28g in there.

What a beautiful group of barrels! Is the stub twist the second from the right in the second picture, Breck?

[Drew Hause]

Very nice Breck.
The problem is that makers could, and did, mark barrels with whatever name they chose. Greener and others stated that quality horseshoe stubs were increasingly difficult to obtain after the mid-1800s.
So the pattern needs to be named based on the appearance.
The mixed iron and steel was "puddled" (partially melted) creating a "bloom of iron" before being rolled into rods, so the contrast between the components is less distinct
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...LxMESM3W0/edit