Paperboard protective corner and method for manufacturing the same

A paperboard protective corner comprising:

• a corner body made of a single paperboard sheet comprising first and second side edges, the single paperboard sheet being an unlaminated paperboard sheet having a thickness between about 6 pts and about 17 pts,
• the single paperboard sheet being folded onto itself to define first and second wings having each at least five layers from the single paperboard sheet, the first and second wings having first and second corner ends each comprising a plurality of folds,
• both the first and second side edges being nested in or adjacent to a corresponding fold so as to be unexposed to an exterior of the paperboard protective corner,
• wherein the single paperboard sheet is folded according to a first folding pattern to form a first multilayered intermediate sheet, the first multilayered intermediate sheet being further folded according to a second folding pattern to form a second multilayered intermediate sheet, the second multilayered intermediate sheet being bent at an angle of about 90 degrees to form an apex of the paperboard protective corner.