On Sunday, May 14, 2017 at 5:13:52 PM UTC-5, woodchucker wrote:
I was wrong all these years. I always thought you glued and clamped.
My wife dragged me to this high end store , in a very high end town.

A lot of the furniture was nailed together,some with the nails still
exposed, some plugged with filler.


I agree with Leon and cl snyder.ca. Just because something costs a lot of money or is handmade, does not mean its good quality. And on the flip side, because something is nailed does not mean its bad either. Everything is tied together. Materials, construction technique, design. I'll admit to making a box with handcut through dovetails. But it still did not turn out to be a fine piece of work worthy of a museum.