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Special order
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2022 5:48 pm
by Oledadsknives
I have a friend that ordered 5 railroad spike knives and sheaths for Christmas presents last year so here are pics of how they turned out. I bought the sheaths and made the knives to fit.
Jimbo
Re: Special order
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2022 7:16 pm
by Eustace
Very cool, I have seen the forging of such knives in one of the Forged in Fire series. What is the steel of these railroad spikes?
Re: Special order
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2022 1:55 am
by Oledadsknives
Eustace, a carbon steel that hardens to about 50-55 hrc. A real fun project for sure!
Jimbo
Re: Special order
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2022 2:00 am
by Oledadsknives
Here are some letter openers I made from cut nails also to resemble the railroad spike.
Jimbo
Jimbo
Re: Special order
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2022 3:16 am
by treefarmer
Those little dudes are kinda' cute!
One of my young'uns gave me one of those knives made from a R.R. spike, it's hefty handful.
Treefarmer
Re: Special order
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2022 4:21 am
by Colonel26
Very cool! Thales are very nice.
Re: Special order
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2022 12:27 pm
by Meridian_Mike
Nice work...
I know that isn't easy to do.... I've tried.
Re: Special order
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2022 9:36 pm
by Oledadsknives
Thanks treefarmer, colonel and Mike. They can get challenging for sure. Wore my little a— out that week I made em. I did one a day roughing them out and then ground and polished all in 2 days. He was very happy with them at $65 a piece!
Jimbo
Re: Special order
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2022 2:03 am
by 1967redrider
Excellent work, Jimbo!
Re: Special order
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2022 2:57 am
by Oledadsknives
Thanks 1967redrider, looking forward to gettin back out to the garage for some more fun/work!
Jimbo