Hi Benton you can use any good steel for hammer i just used what i had at hand .
Start practicing on scrap steel first before you wreck a axe thats all i can say .
Chris
Hi Ronin bit buzy at moment as you can see got these ruff forge out and will take me a while to get these up out of the way .
the spike one is from a big old rat tail file , other from 1 inch coil 5160 the other 1045 .thank you for your interest ..
Chris
Hi Aden
Havent mesured it yet ,
pleny material in a one inch coil about 8 inch long just keep upseting and drawing out the way you want it. go for it.
Chris