Super User Master Bait'r Posted March 23, 2016 Super User Posted March 23, 2016 Was walking the dog and picked up one of the rusty railroad spikes from the old line they pulled out years back. Decided I was going to give it a whirl and pound it out into a simple fixed blade. Came out pretty good for a quick college try! Might have to scrounge up a few dozen more! 13 Quote
Super User fishinfiend Posted March 23, 2016 Super User Posted March 23, 2016 whoa that is awesome i'd buy one for sure!!!!!! how much? 1 Quote
Super User Master Bait'r Posted March 23, 2016 Author Super User Posted March 23, 2016 18 minutes ago, fishinfiend said: whoa that is awesome i'd buy one for sure!!!!!! how much? Hadn't really thought about it. Let me figure out how much labor there was in it and I'll let you know what I could make you something for. 1 Quote
quanjig Posted March 23, 2016 Posted March 23, 2016 I've been following some blacksmiths and knife makers on Instagram and some of the knives some of these guys are showing are true works of art!! My pops got me a couple cutlery knives from a guy in Lakeland FL and they are so nice. He was on the Forged in Fire?? show on discovery channel or history channel, can't remember! Wish I could do stuff like that!! Looks pretty cool! Quote
Super User Raider Nation Fisher Posted March 23, 2016 Super User Posted March 23, 2016 That is awesome brother. I never thought to put holes in a spike knife. I like that alot. I've been making rail road spike knives for a couple years now. That turned out really well. 1 Quote
Super User fishinfiend Posted March 23, 2016 Super User Posted March 23, 2016 4 hours ago, Master Bait'r said: Hadn't really thought about it. Let me figure out how much labor there was in it and I'll let you know what I could make you something for. That would be awesome, sir. Thank you. Quote
mrmacwvu1 Posted March 24, 2016 Posted March 24, 2016 How do you put the holes in the spike like that. Beautiful work 1 Quote
Super User Master Bait'r Posted March 24, 2016 Author Super User Posted March 24, 2016 3 hours ago, mrmacwvu1 said: How do you put the holes in the spike like that. Beautiful work With a drill press. I didn't want to put it in the iron worker and risk bending it. And Jtrout it took a couple hours of hand work. An Oxy-Acetylene torch with a rosebud head, a 4lb hammer, a belt sander and a 4" wheel with some form of lighter abrasive polishing is all you really need to make one in basic form. 1 Quote
mrmacwvu1 Posted March 24, 2016 Posted March 24, 2016 I was wonder if you used a press or was trying to put them in while it was still hot Quote
Super User buzzed bait Posted March 24, 2016 Super User Posted March 24, 2016 that's pretty b@d@ss man now you can shank somebody with a piece of history!! 2 Quote
nick76 Posted March 25, 2016 Posted March 25, 2016 I just keep staring at that knife. That is a thing of simple beauty. 1 Quote
Super User Redlinerobert Posted March 26, 2016 Super User Posted March 26, 2016 I'll take one as well! No holes. 1 Quote
Super User .ghoti. Posted March 27, 2016 Super User Posted March 27, 2016 Gents, The knife is a cool piece. I have a large knife collection myself. But I didn't buy any of them here, nor will I ever offer any for sale on this site. Care to guess why? It's against the rules. No knive or firearms will be sold here. That is not negotiable. Pics are fine. The story behind the piece is nice. Selling or offering to buy is not. Just a gentle reminder for those of you who have not read the rules, or forgot about this part of it. 1 Quote
Super User Redlinerobert Posted March 27, 2016 Super User Posted March 27, 2016 I respectfully retract my offer to purchase a knife. Quote
Super User Senko lover Posted March 29, 2016 Super User Posted March 29, 2016 That's really cool dude! Quote
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