301 The drive pintle is usually associated with Colonial construction. They are designed to drive into heavy timbers.

302 The pintle on plate is probably the most commonly used pintle. The pin mounts on a 1-3/4” wide plate.

303 Our narrow pintle on plate mounts on a 1” wide base and may be used on windows with narrow case widths.

304 The jamb leaf pintle is provided for sites where a mortised application is most practical.

305 Our offset pintle plate is designed for conditions where molding encroaches on the casing. The offset allows the pin to be positioned on the midline of the casing, without disturbing the molding

422 and 322 This hinge is designed to mount shutters hung outside the casing on frame structures. The associated pintle is made of malleable cast iron, a very durable material. We offer the malleable cast iron pintle separately. You can purchase the pintle and hinge separately.

423 This style is intended for brick construction. With and extended mounting pintle and hinge width, this hinge set will allow the shutter to swing clear of the face of a brick or masonry structure. The hinge is paired with a fabricated steel pintle. Numerous offsets are available.

321 We offer drive pintles with 1/4" and 5/16" diameter pins to hang "New England" style hinges. The pintles can be in various lengths.

601 Before the advent of machine made screws the smiths hammered locks that followed the form of the strap hinges they were making. These locks were fastened to one shutter with nails or rivets. When closed, a locking pin on the lock passed through the other shutter and was secured from within by inserting an iron key into the locking pin.

603  The simplest early lock was the hand-forged hook and staple. Smaller sizes served to lock the shutter in the closed position. Larger hooks were fastened to the sill and held the shutters open.

610 Rolled plate and machine made screws allowed the development of sliding shutter bolts. This form of lock has remained basically unchanged from its creation in the early nineteenth century.

650 Sill Latch

This is used to hold the shutter closed.

620 This holdback system is a typical New England “fast” of the last century. The spring latch mounts underneath the bottom rail of the shutter. The back catch mounts to the surface of the building and holds the shutter open.

Items 422 and 423 were mounting hardware that was widely used in New England. Examples date from early in the 19th century, and evidence indicates common and continuous use ever since. It has proven a very functional approach to hanging louvered blinds and paneled shutters.