Railroad spike knives and tomahawks of my own creation.

[yrusonoitall]

Very nice work....wow!

[christopher5361]

Nice. Thanks.

[donze52]

this was a nicely donze video I gave it a thumbs up

another video you may like is

(are there knives in your school)

[TheMedievalMan]

Very nice, I'll check out your how-to videos.

[axlehunter]

what do you sharpenthem with?

[TheSilverwolf19]

hey iron man make a throwing mini pick axe, please

great forging by the way i love the twist handles and how u kept the head of the nail as the bottom of the handles

[Devera510]

make a few more forks and some spoons and you got some eating utensils!

[MakNCheezed]

Also the bowtie, would it by chance be for sale?

[MakNCheezed]

I like the half spke one it looks cool :)

[danakittilsen]

Are these HC Railroad spikes? I was under the impression that even that medium steel could only be hardened, and not tempered. Or have you forge welded tool steel onto each blade?

[laces360]

@cuzgandalfgothigh99 Well I actually suffer from Asperger's Syndrome so by society's standards yes I am retarded.

[turtle161821]

wow nice work you are very good at forging

[tfoshohoe]

What is the steel used in the spikes?

[pyrocaj2012]

i like your work. i like the way you keep the tempering colors.

[laces361]

Yeah those look really old and gross you eat with that junk?

[laces360]

Ew gross, are those a million years old?

[cuzgandalfgothigh99]

@laces360 are you a retard? guess so.

[MediaBrian]

What's with the messed up colors on the blade??

[starwalker97]

you should make a pick axe out of these bro

[christopher5361]

Very nice work.

[TheLidKazer]

hey man i was wondering if you've ever made a frontier style tomahawk if you id love to see it

[ludwig899]

How expensive is it to get into forging? It looks like a fun hobby.

[MrIronman1979]

@ludwig899 It is very fun. No question about that..and once the bug has bitten...your stuck. BUT..know that it can get EXTREMELY expensive if you are the type of person that rather buy than make your tools..and even then it still costs a bit in both the monetary sense and in TIME...lots of time...especially if you prefer to make your own tools...and the tools required just to get into making the tools to do this aren't cheap and are plentiful.

[meka11113]

How do you make your hole it the spike??

[MrIronman1979]

@meka11113 See my videos on making the spike hawks. I hot slit the poll and then "drift" the cut to swell and round it.

[IntegrityContracting]

wow! Really nice designs I think you really have gift at forging.

Keep it up. Cheers!

[MrIronman1979]

@IntegrityContracting Thank You!! : ) It's appreciated.

[lotrradior]

nice work man!! i am kind of new to forging if u have any tips please comment

[MrIronman1979]

@lotrradior You ask...I'll try to answer you timely. But check out the other videos. LOTS of how to

[tgf1310]

the one knife in the begining looks like a woven basket what is it made of ?

[MrIronman1979]

@tgf1310 If it's the one I think you're referring to it's actually made from 0-1 tool steel, but after the final finish and before the polish I put a small chunk of sandpaper on a pencil eraser and chuck it into a drill press. Then using a cross-slide vise, I put a swirl pattern slightly overlapping each other all throughout the blade in straight lines.

[foxstar612]

@MrIronman1979 so your from sandy wow i thought i was the only person who forges in all of utah wow, do you sell?

[croccostimpy]

can you shave with the carving fork too?

[MrIronman1979]

@croccostimpy Didn't try it before I sold the set. Likely not though. I can pretty well guarantee it would puncture bone without issue though. Just thought that may be relevant.

[roglet123]

wow seriously nice stuff really cool, what processes do you got through after roughing out the shape (your other videos are great aswell!!!)

[shortfusedleathernk]

hope you did'nt hurt your shoulder patting yourself on the back!nice work though

[AXE2501]

Alot better than my first attemp at this, the knife looks like a trench spike than a knife.

[pawnbob]

what did you do to get them so sharp, i try using a bench grinder but that just isnt enough...

[madmicah2]

how do you create the handles on the tomahawks?

[madmicah2]

love you tomahawks!! how do you curve the blades?

[shallonPhish]

Thanks for sharing Scott !!@!!@!

[shallonPhish]

That's some nice shit Scott !! I also like the old finishes .....

[Spaeckli]

Do you sell those things?

[Ruthairat]

Very creative workmanship. Wish I could start my own forge, but it would drive the neighbours crazy. Love your work.

[nightwalker2830]

do you sell anything you make or is it just keep

[Mudwiggler]

Wow Scott you have some fine work there, I bet you spent a fair bit of time working on those works of art. Beautiful

[Lakesideforge]

Where do you get your tool steel?

[flamencactus]

do you do the tempering yourself?

[hammerfistforge]

how do you temper those spike knives properly?

[OldSnakeKonovesis]

woow i love these knifes !

[willymyers219]

while you make some awesome art with spikes they will never be hard enoigh to hold a decent edge. according to many knowledgeable smiths including info from people at northern suffolk railroad, no spikes are over 30pts carbon. and that simply is not enough to harden into a respectable edge. and hammering or edge packing is a complete myth.

[hoppper26]

how do you do pineapple twist?

[gedkidd17]

badass :D

[CakeCannibal]

That is some awesome stuff.......ive...uhm.."Found" a few railroad spikes and id like to try my hand at making a knife. Any tips?

[MrIronman1979]

@CakeCannibal Glad you "FOUND" some. Knife = relatively painless...just be willing to do A LOT of drawing out. Use the wedge end of your pien to put perpendicular grooves in the shank to lengthen and thin it...then smooth em out. For a good sized blade with a 3/16" spine...you'll need to do this probably 2x at least for a blade with a good balance point that isn't overly heavy in the haft

[fishtankbank]

nice chow set ima make a fork today

[J1I9M7M4Y]

WOW!!! Im really impressed of your knifes and tomahawk´s. Beautyful items.. What kind of wood do you use as handles for the tomahawk´s? Thank you for sharing your knowledge. And thank you for the inspiration!

[willymyers219]

your forging is great. ive learned alot. ive made quite a few things from spikes my only problem with knives is that they wont harden enough to hold a decent edge. even when quenched in water.

[MarshmallowMasta]

You need to follow a heating guide, if you don't heat it to the proper temperature then it won't do you any good. Of course the steel itself could just be really soft.

[ballygeale1]

very well done

[HomeDistiller]

as a chef you need to make a flat edge knife in the Asian style (kind of backwards the blade is fat and bull noses to the blade) they are the best veggie knifes

[Haehbeorg]

Wow! those are some fine works!

You ever use 100-150 year spikes? I have found a few and they forge fantastic with nice patina.

[MrIronman1979]

Wish I could say yes. I have managed a bit of wrought iron here and there...what the WAY older spikes are...and the reason for the patina by the way. But here in Utah I don't come across them. Utah is really big on replacing things the minute they get a bit run down and rustic...theres not much in the way of "historic" stuff here..so the very old spikes are not in my reach I'm afraid

[Haehbeorg]

Yeah they used Wrought for everything that did not need springy kickback. The old spike I used forged A lot like leaf spring, once I heated to light orange it was like butter and then quenched very well despite the deterioration of the old steel.

I have forged a few knives from wrought iron just for fun because it hammer hardens and will only slightly harden when quenched butr if you acid etch it will have a beautiful oak grain that looks like Damascus, but its iron and silica.

[Haehbeorg]

If your ever in the market for round bars of pure wrought from 1880/1890. I would be willing to sell 1 or 2 bars =) its so damn hard to find now its amazing it was in such regular use before.

Here in Nevada there are old spikes laying all over and most once ground clean are still in amazing shape. Seems lately A lot of smiths are down on folks who forge spikes but I think its a great type of American Folk art.

[pennillion]

You make blades to order?

I'm in the market.

[segway001]

he puts some of his things on Ebay

[webbcityglassman]

kickass stuff , i love it

[Inkling2B]

I like your work - lots of variation, ingenuity, and creativity. they also look pretty nice finished. Inspirational! I also liked your comment about blacksmiths vs. small ironworkers lol. to be honest, I think every "blacksmith" at least needs to bone up a little on the mechanics of what actually happens when they heat up iron (or "ferrite matrix" lol)

[MrIronman1979]

Thank You!! : D

[MrIronman1979]

Blacksmith: def: thermomechanical manipulator of molecular metal structure. Small Ironworker: def: Really cocky smart-ass with a big brain, bad attitude and a little di*k. Yup....that's me to a T..at least I'm willing to admit it. LOL

[MrIronman1979]

All hand forged from pre - 1960's spikes of 1050 steel gotten directly from the rail yard. I have done a number of these completely finished out, a few even mirror finished, but...these were just 45min to 1hr jobs. Each knife has a different twist configuration, one has a chevron twist, one is a pineapple the other is a double twist. Hope everyone likes!