Conical Caligae Hobnails

[Matt Lukes]

Well it was just this lack of authenticity and weakness (of LeProvo) that prompted me to search for an altnative- Roman hobnails were conical (except when worn), so the Le Provo are simply wrong, and I just didn't want to settle and still won't. DB Gurney, although I loathe to give them any business after the way they've handled this whole hobnail thing, does make (or rather stock, since I don't have any evidence that they produce a thing anymore) what they call Hungarian Nails, which are conical, just a bit shorter and smaller in diameter than their true hobnails. The size is 6mm dia, and about 3mm high, which falls at the small end of Roman nails, so should techincally be acceptable for patterns with lots of nails, but I still prefer the slightly larger ones and that's what I'm pushing to get made-and like I said, there's still at least one more possibility for success...