Frosty Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Nice hanger, keep them coming. The tape cutter isn't bad either. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad J. Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Lary I use them as practice for just about any blade design I'm going to do. Nothing wrong with it, people just need to understand it's not going to keep an edge no matter what they saw on TV and YouTube. Anyway that's a great design I'm gonna borrow it for a couple myself if ya don't mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnut Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 On 5/7/2021 at 10:46 AM, ThomasPowers said: PTree Forge used to buy spikes by the keg and sell loose ones at Quad-State, You might search him out as he's just over the border from OH in KY. Persimmon Tree Forge If it's the Persimmon Tree Forge that I'm thinking of it's across the river from Louisville on the Indiana side in a little town called Floyd's Knob. Pnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Yup, that's the one; haven't seen him in a couple of years now so I can't say if he's still doing it; though I did see an add for his RR spike trowels recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 I posted this back in 2015 on another RR spike thread With proper credit to the Kootenay Blacksmiths Association. I keep a print of this out in the smithy for inspiration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Wow! That is some spread! Inspiration, Indeed! Robert Taylor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Some very cool and imaginative items but what is the thing on the far left? It looks like some sort of bowl shape on a base, possibly made of RR spikes. "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 That's what it looks like to me. A ring to hold the bowl and spike feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Nice. I'd love to see more and better pictures of the vise on the right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 George, methinks it would make a nice birdbath. Or perhaps a large fruit bowl/centerpiece for an eccentric retiree from the railroad. Regardless of what it was intended to be.. I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Here you go Daswulf. A cut and paste from the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Pretty cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lary Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 On 5/10/2021 at 9:06 PM, Frosty said: Nice hanger, keep them coming. The tape cutter isn't bad either. Frosty The Lucky. Thanks Frosty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lary Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 On 5/12/2021 at 5:24 AM, Chad J. said: Lary I use them as practice for just about any blade design I'm going to do. Nothing wrong with it, people just need to understand it's not going to keep an edge no matter what they saw on TV and YouTube. Anyway that's a great design I'm gonna borrow it for a couple myself if ya don't mind. Thanks Chad. I didn't see your post until yesterday? No problem as far as borrowing the design, I'm probably not the first. And as George N.M. has stated in another thread it's more the wow factor, it's a conversation peace, it's "Hey, that use to be a rail road spike". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 4 hours ago, lary said: "Hey, that use to be a rail road spike". There you go, you've discovered the secret of the success of RR spike knives and other products. Almost everybody on the planet knows what a RR spike is and being able to see it's transformation into something else recognizable is intriguing, making them an attractive product. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Michael, thanks for the close ups. That is pretty awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satori Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Neither unique or impressive, but it’s the first time I played with a RR spike so I’m very happy with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 (Got two fairly similar on the office side of my office door right now! I'm planning to replace them with dragon headed hooks though.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpc Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Added for posterity? I've already posted these on here in another thread but I didn't see them here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 On 3/18/2017 at 12:09 PM, Irondragon ForgeClay Works said: Rifle rack out of rough sawn cedar and RR spikes. close up of hooks made out of very old wrought iron spikes. On 3/18/2017 at 12:09 PM, Irondragon ForgeClay Works said: Walking stick used as a self defense weapon in the Balkans, called a Fokosh. I noticed tinypic deleted the pictures so here they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lary Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 A different twist on forging a cross. It was a bit clumsy to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrlander Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 A friend (same one who sold me the lovely anvil) just gave me a box of spikes. The only one which matches the size I've seen talked about as a RR spike is shown here for scale. Otherwise the box is a fairly even mix of the other three types, two of which have the same 'dog head' and many of them have a letter B on the top. Any thoughts on what these are? I'm in Sweden, in case that makes a difference. Also grateful for ideas on what to make from them to get in my practice time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 IrondragonFCW, which model Rolling block is that? 6.5 or 7.7 Arisaka? The Trapdoors are a fun one to shoot. Norrlander - here in the States the HC marked spikes are used in the curves as they are stronger. Over where you are that may be the use for the longer dog's head one. The rest may be Logom spikes, not too little, not too much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 It's a #1 Remington in 43 Spanish Refromado. I got it off of Gunbroker in 2009 from a seller named The Gun Doctor. Norlander - That is a good looking batch of spikes. I can imagine a lot of things could be made from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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