Do you reconize my Wing Nut

[gerspee]

  Who is able to tell me more about this type off wing nut . It's part off my safari chairs that would be made in the 1920.30 ties . But the nut must be maybe giving information because its marked .

So who's a Nut specialist  and is able to pin down the country off made and the age ?

[KC]

So who's a Nut specialist

I would hate for anyone to touch that one with a 10 foot pole! 

[jacon4]

LOL, i was gonna say something but.....i passed

[mart]

Left is the mfrs mark and the number is the gauge/size of the wing nuts!!
Otherwise how would you order them ??  "Send me a package of #10`s" ect,, or "Send me a package of 10 gauge wing nuts" !! 
Of course you need the size of the opening too but figured everyone knows that !!
 You can always go to a machine shop and ask,, they make them !!

[jacon4]

LOL, ALRIGHTY THEN! i think we found our wing nut!

[mart]

LOL !!  Still on my case are you ??

[KC]

Wow.....Mart....... ......

Guess a Wild Texas Pecan is a great one to be! 

[ghopper1924]

But aren't we all nut specialists, in our own special ways? 

[gerspee]

Thanks for all the answers but there's one like . The rest is making me .... . About the size I know it's 10 mm but it's the manufacture I am interested in . The safari chairs in these days where designed and made by only a few designers . Like from the Netherlands and Scandinavia . If I am able to pin them down to a country or designer the value could be very good even  there a bit altered by the owners .

So question now is who is able to tell me the manufacture off the wing nut mark ?  Is it Dutch or Scandinavian or ? And made a picture off the wood and is it teak or mahogany or ? I am not good with wood so any idea about that also ?

 

[cogar]

If that is a ¾” bolt then the #10 is the # of thread/inch, but I can’t imagine a 3/4” bolt being used on a chair.

Anyway, that wingnut looks like it was “cast” instead of “stamped” ….. if that helps dating it.

[gerspee]

Hopefully but not even wikipedia has something about the history off the wing nut  So not the easy way but together with wood sort and the fabric off the seat maybe just enough to find where made and when . Life is not easy and so his seats 

[mart]

Wing nuts and other screws, nut and bolts are made and sold in bulk all over the world !!  I don`t see how that can help !!  Unless they are an odd size or a special design !!  And I do not see that !!  Is that a P in the mark,, or what is it ??  Describe it !!  Pics are not that good for detail !!

[KC]

I have been searching for a manufacturer with a P because that is what it has looked like to me Mart.  Can't find any particular one.

The chairs that are worth the most are called "Deck Chairs", "Antique Deck Chairs", "Antique Steamer Deck Chairs", "Antique Ship Deck Chairs", "Antique Ocean Deck Chairs", etc. and they were the ones used to lounge/sit on the deck of ships.  Very collectible.  Out of those that we have seen over the years they do not have wing nuts.

[mart]

I have never seen one on a deck chair either !!

[gerspee]

The wing nut is situated on the inner side off the pivoting backrest and after the cover material is spanned with ropes at the back invisible . Safari chairs where designed also by Kaare Klint from Denmark and have a very good value .But also a Dutch design was made in these years . The nut is for now the only marked item on the seats and together with the fabric that I found after removing 6 top layers and the sort off the wood must be able to pin it down to a country or designer .

Remember that the Dutch made Indonesia part off his kingdom and the Dutch noble group took the lead there . So mostly the took there own furniture with them from Holland . And in these times fabrics off materials where not distributing as widely as now so there must be a link somewhere to the mark on the nut . Or in Denmark or in Holland or ?