WHY BUY FROM US?
Although the company was already fifty years old when the gas-powered automobile was invented, early cars required a full pound of tacks each. DB Gurney Company was an important supplier to the early automobile industry, as well as countless other trades. Further links between DB Gurney Company's product and history include:

DB Gurney products were used between 1926-1934 in Admiral Richard Byrd's expeditions to Antarctica and the South Pole

DB Gurney supplied tacks for Neil Armstrong’s and Buzz Aldrin's astronaut boots for the first steps on the moon in 1969

DB Gurney product was chosen for the USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides") restoration in 1992

Hence, David B. Gurney, Jr. often says, "When you buy from DB Gurney Company, you’re also buying a piece of history." He's right, as you are buying the same product that our ancestors bought during the Civil War era. Unfortunately, while the product remains consistent, the marketplace is completely different. DB Gurney Company's tacks and nails are made predominantly for such specialized crafts as restoration, shoemaking and repair, upholstery trade, basket manufacturing as well as boat and canoe construction—all skilled trades fighting extinction.

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