A bit of fun forging Knives from railroad spikes

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Had some spikes from last summers river trips in the car and decided to make some knives.

Its simple, twist, heat and pound. grind and shine up.

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Looks like you are off to a good start. Last image is broken though, is the knife complete now?
 
Nice blade formation. I bet that knife is quite heavy.
 
Its nice to get away from the machines sometimes and do something else. I once forged a piece of Damascus using some old spring steel and mild steel laminations. Fun, but you gave to be geared with a mechanical hammer. Anyone have some ideas to build one?

Henk
 
That's a nice job, looks good! I'll tell my blacksmith brother-in-law about this.
 

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