> It was also pretty common to recycle them when taking something apart, not to remelt them but simply to re-use them after straightening. When I was kid, my g

> It was also pretty common to recycle them when taking something apart, not to remelt them but simply to re-use them after straightening. When I was kid, my grandfather (born early 1920s in the southern US, so grew up in the Great Depression) had a coffee can in his shop where he'd put pulled nails, that I would get to hammer back straight. Good hammering practice!