Dabbsterinn

to me atleast, the look doesn't matter, if it's sharp and the blade shape is usable, it's a good knife for me

and I for one like the hammered look, it gives a nice pattern on the blade that I like,

it's a good habit though to try to reduce them as much as you can, don't worry though, it will come over time, seeing how this is your first RR spike knife and i don't really know how much experience you have, maybe rounding the edges of the hammers a tiny bit if they are store bought and still like you bought them

could also be a splitting maul perhaps, you can use it as both probably

keep in mind that im adding more tongs too this when i get around making them

you can also see the damage the cast part (presumably) part of the anvil got from what me and my bro think might be after a previous farrier knocking out the nails on horseshoes 

the söderfors/dannemore markings on the other side of the anvil

a bit blurry picture of the whole anvil, my 500g hammer for scale, the vice there you see there is another post in itself for the future

the face of the anvil, still got some rust and paint to remove, 

the söderfors marking

Im really loving that blue one, it's definately something which i'd like to have on a boat, great job there  David

congratulations, I hope I'll one day get one of those

this would make a really nice BBQ fork handle or a cross guard, that is some fantastic work, i think i have a rough idea on how you did it and if i am right that must have been a lot of work