davelanthier
Wooden Canoes are in the Blood
I am restoring a 12.5 ft. wood/canvas canoe [ possibly a Chestnut Teddy ] that has been clinched with copper tacks , most of which are loose and proud . Since all these tacks will have to be either replaced or reclinched this question comes to mind . Why would any manufacturer use copper tacks over brass ? Since all Huron canoes had them can one conclude that copper tacks were used mostly in Quebec ? Were copper tacks used on the earlier w/c canoes to be replaced with brass later in the history of w/c canoe building ? When one finds a canoe with copper clinched tacks what , if any , assumptions can be made ?