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267878 Nick Jonkman <njonkman@x...> 2019‑02‑15 Re: One good toolbox deserves another
Hi folks

Yes, Robertson screws are great. The US has them too. They call them 
Square Drive. They are almost identical to our Robertson but not quite. 
If I remember the one has straight sides to the square and the other 
have a slight taper.

I was in the hardware business for over 30 years selling mostly 
reproductions of antique hardware. For those we sold slotted screws or 
they just didn't look right most of them being oval head. For universal 
face mounted brass hardware we used Phillips screws to match they just 
looked better, but for construction hardware it is all Robertson screws.

We still have a quantity of Victorian brass hardware if anyone needs some

Nick

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