The front entrance to my home is comprised of double ‘funeral doors’.  The place was built in 1870 and each of these original doors is a work of art.  There is weather stripping meticulously nailed along the edge of one of the stiles.  That is to say, it is nailed to the edge of the stile that directly faces the edge of the other door’s stile when the doors are closed.  This thin strip looks like it is made of copper or brass,  the guy at the hardware store suggested that it is zinc . . . plated with copper or brass. . . it is a very thin and springy strip of material and almost as wide as the door is thick . . . about 1 3/4 wide.  It is attached to the door along the length of the stile with 3/4 inch nails that look like little roofing nails, only they appear to be made of copper.  The nails are spaced at one inch intervals.  The edge of the weather stripping, the edge NOT nailed to the door, stands away from the stile and is springy, so that it compresses when the doors are closed against each other, and springs back when they are opened. 

I had reason to remove a section of this strip today, and it did not come off easily.  I COULD put it back in it’s current condition, but I’d rather buy a replacement.  Does anyone know where I can find the kind of weather stripping I just described?

Thanks,

Jim Glose