Deltana SCWBSH10125 Wood Screw, Solid Brass, #10 x 1-1/4", Slot Head

Two: Polished Brass and Unlacquered Brass. Polished is lacquered and holds its shine; unlacquered is raw brass that will darken and patina over time, which is what you want when matching living-finish hinges, knockers, or door pulls that are already aging.

For appearance, yes, and that's the usual reason people buy them. Brass is softer than steel, so drill a pilot hole and drive the slotted head with a properly fitting flat-blade driver, not an impact gun, or you'll twist the head off. On heavy or high-traffic doors many installers keep at least one long steel screw into the stud per hinge for holding power and use the solid brass screws for the visible positions.

The SCWBSH10125 is sold each, so count the screws your hardware actually needs and order that quantity rather than assuming a packaged set.

Deltana lists the solid brass wood screw line as residential. It's a trim and door-accessory fastener, meant for hinges, plates, pulls, and decorative hardware where the screw head is seen, not a structural or high-cycle commercial fastener.

At 1-1/4 inches it reaches through a hinge leaf and into the jamb or door stile, which is the standard replacement length for residential butt hinges and for strike plates, escutcheons, and surface-mounted trim. If you're fastening through a thicker plate or want to reach framing behind the jamb, step up to a longer screw in the same #10 solid brass series.

Slotted heads are the period-correct look on traditional and restoration hardware, and with brass they let a single clean blade seat fully in the slot. On restoration and historic work a Phillips head is an immediate tell, which is why Deltana supplies this #10 x 1-1/4 inch screw with a slot head.