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THE Hinge 21 is made with an offset on the short end of about an inch,
or whatever the thickness of the material was to which attachment was
made. It is called a chest hinge, though the usual chest hinge on American
work was a pin hinge, like the cotter pin, two loops of tapered wire or larger
iron hooked together.
The regular chest hinge above is occasionally found on cupboards, or
wherever it was desired to lift the door as well as to open it. The European
varieties of these hinges are sometimes richly wrought with intricate scrolled
patterns. In 32 we have a very ancient example used still in the same form.
The gudgeon is ragged, that is hacked to form small barbs, so that, once
driven into the wood it cannot easily be removed. The more elaborate
gudgeon, 38, is furnished with a scrolled end, in blacksmith's parlance a
pigtail. It is not exclusively ornamental, as a nail was driven into the flat
to brace the hinge.
The buck horn hinge, 82, was used on dwelling house doors. The scroll
end afforded nail holes which did not follow one line and saved splitting
the wood.

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