Thanks for the welcome, Frosty!
I’m a beginner, but these show the first 2 pair I completed, as well as my first bridle bit. Also, pictured are a few pair I currently have in progress, which obviously still need completed and silver mounted.
As for the one piece spur, the old timers building in the “Texas style” (Adolph Bayers, Billy Klapper, etc) were/are known to prefer Ford Model T axles for forging spurs. I have heard those have all but dried up, but those still forging this style of spur are using dozer pins, sucker rod, and 4130 billets, from what I understand. After forging the piece into a “T”, I believe the process is very similar to what I am building from there on out. With the expection of the shank needing to be welded to the band. The process for building the rowels, cutting the rowel slots, building hangers, buttons, etc would all be very similar, I just need to figure out how to do the hard part of the process! lol
EDIT: Sorry a few of the pictures are sideways, not sure how to correct that.