rail road spikes

[SWE_Karl]

Hi every one.
some peopole i have talked to in this site. says it´s not leagl to forge on a rail rod spike, and some outer says it is.

so my question this time is: is it or is it not leagl. if not: why??

just want to know for funn.
\\ Swe_Karl

[Archie Zietman]

In some states (or is it all?) in America, walking along the train tracks and picking up the spikes is illegal. There is no law about what you can or cannot heat up and hit, though (is there?! :shock: ) Carbon levels can be different in spikes, so some might not be the best knives, but if you have some and want to heat and beat them, nobody is going to throw you in jail.
my 2 probably misinformed cents :lol:
Archie

[Mills]

Swe_karlArchie has it right for here in the United States, BUT you live in Sweden I believe. There are a few smiths in Sweden that could help you I think. One posted on Ian s world tour forum.

[Kallsme´n]

I forged a "small" spike today,28inch, just for fun



Kallsme´n

[Ed Thomas]

Beautiful. Simply beautiful. :mrgreen:

[Glenn]

Can you give us the dimentions of that spike ?

[Kallsme´n]

The head of the spike is about 100mm (four inches) and the height of the head, 15mm.

The shaft directly under the head of the spike is 28mm square and 710mm (28 inches) long.

Kallsme´n

[Kallsme´n]

I made a beer bottle opener from a railroad spike today, but it ewen works
on coke :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:



Roger

[drason69]

you can legally buy RR spikes from many scrap dealers. i ran into a guy last summer who had purchased the rights to a load of spikes and scrap rr stuff. he was hauling it north about 45 minutes away to a 'recycling center'.
as long as the rr splikes are not on railroad property, i believe they are ok for the taking. unless you locate them while trespassing that is