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  1. i have some crusher bar from a sample crusher from a coal mine and i was told by the guy who gave me them said he was told they was Vascowear and if they are they make a good blade but there a bear to forge anything below a orange heat and it wont move
  2. heres my first intger dagger made from 1/2in round stock handle is walnut there fun to make but a pain to get every thing lined up
  3. i use to just walk the track and i could find at least 5 every 10 foot but awhile back the tracks was replaced and now all of the stuff they replaced is in one big pile rusting and i dont think there gonna move it any time soon so i stop by there and get a couple spikes and clips every now and again(cant just let all of that steel rust)
  4. thanks for the comments i like playing with spikes and their easy to get around here
  5. heres one of mine the blade is a rail road spike and the handle is sugar maple
  6. i saw them nice videos............. did you notice how thick that file was
  7. they did a revist to that myth they did take it to a black smith he heated them up to non mag and SUPER QUENCHED them but he also hardend the neck of that hammer so when they used there rig the thinner part of the hammer neck broke
  8. i too watched that too insted of going tru all of that id just take the torch to the head and qunched it in water(that is if i didnt have my forge going)....but i think the myth of a hammer shattering is from someone getting a cheapo cast iron hammer and hitting something tougher then the hammer and it breaks
  9. the Anthracite i use isnt the best around here but it will put out the heat and when it cokes up its really clean buring ...and ive alway been told that the reason bitomus coal was used by smiths because it coked up a little faster
  10. i use anthracite and never have had a problem with it not even with it going out
  11. sorry about the time ive took to reply but i know my handle skills need work and yes i pein them and i dont epoxy( just dont)
  12. heres a few blades ive made in the past weeks first up is a rail road spike knife handle is walnut second is fishclip handle is walnut too 3rd heres one of it that i blackend the blade and last is made form railroad clip handle is oak
  13. wow i forgot about this post but i already bought the 1x42 grinder and i use it alot
  14. ap a roof bolt is used to reinforce the roof in coal mines and are about 5 foot long and where i live in coal county there eazy to find
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