Scott NC Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 I bet even he would like a golden spike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 I know I sure would! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Sigh, there were too many guards around it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.J.Lampert Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 (edited) in Canada we have a silver spike that was supposed to be put in during the last spike ceremony but the owner didn't make it it is now in a museum The Last Spike | The Canadian Encyclopedia Edited June 2, 2022 by M.J.Lampert link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 That’s where your 2” bore spike launcher would come in handy! ain’t nobody gonna hang around if you roll up with that! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.J.Lampert Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Just now, TWISTEDWILLOW said: That’s where your 2” bore spike launcher would come in handy! belt-fed power hammer fired lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 You're probably thinking of the Spike Gatling and the modern "M61 Vulcan" variant that fires mine rail spikes at excessive rates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 A power hammer spike cannon is too hard to aim. Chemical propellants or magnetic accelerators work much better. You have to have excessive numbers of spikes to justify one of those don't you Thomas? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Is it better with sabots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Well as the Germans would say---Sabot-Tag! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 I do NOT think the Germans thought Sabotage was any kind of better. The Dutch forced labor would drop a wooden shoe (sabot) into the works jamming even breaking things, hence the word sabotage. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicon Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 It were the French pre WW1. The Dutch call them Klompen. Willy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 I should've double checked before that post. I keep forgetting I can't believe my memory. Sabot = old French cir 1600 meaning shoe usually wooden. "Webster." It wasn't that long about there was a pretty interesting and entertaining thread about Klompen, klogs and other types of wooden footwear. Thanks Willy. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Going back to the days of the start of mechanized spinning and weaving; throwing a lot of highly trained workers out of jobs. Hail King Lud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Spikes make good weights for setlines when running in a river. Catfish like the looks of them and they stay put. I like to make decorative knives out of extremely corroded ones. I can get away with this as I'm not a bladesmith... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 "Decorative knives" is a perfectly acceptable use for RR spikes, or indeed for any non-hardenable steel. My (so far only) sword was in wrought iron, selected entirely for its grain pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 I wonder if some of my old spike knives were wrought iron. I made them before I discovered this site so I never paid any attention. Metal was metal to me back then (scrap metal sculpture don't you know...). I gave them all away so I will never know. I have since moved away from my old glory hole (rr wreck site on abandoned line) where everytime it rained, new things were exposed. It was kind of like searching for arrowheads... I did forge them. Grinding would have been faster.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 I have a couple of WI spikes from an old rail-to-trail conversion outside Boston. When they tore up the tracks to turn it into a bike path, a friend gathered up a whole pile of spikes and gave them to me. The variety was pretty amazing, ranging from wrought iron to practically new; there were about four different kinds of rail anchors as well. I suspect that the line had been rebuilt many times over its lifespan, each time with different hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 I have made some throwing leaf blade knives from them and they sold like hot cakes. Always told the buyer they did not hold a good cutting edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 On 6/2/2022 at 1:38 PM, JHCC said: Is it better with sabots? Although not up to date with this thread, nothing beats a good sabot. Before I apprenticed myself with gun drills, I had to come up with a pretty fancy sabot to hold those things in the indexer. Point first or head first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 Depends on whether you want penetration or percussion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lary Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Made this to a hang an 8 lbs hammer that hardly ever use... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmySoldier72 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 nice looking hanger Lary. ARMY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Attractive and utile! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lary Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Army, Nodebt Thanks. I think I inadvertently figured out how to make a slingshot at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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