Originally Posted by
Stadjer
It would probably have ruined the thread on the axle.
The "correct" high quality nuts for S-A IGH axles (presumably the wheel in question on your Gazelle bike) will always strip the threads off the nut, rather than the axle when over torqued or cross threaded on to an S-A axle, they are designed and manufactured that way.
The point remains - your anecdote of youthful blunder in hardware selection proves nothing about bicycle quality.