Smith-and-Striker Nail Header

[JHCC]

Ran across a short video on Facebook of two smiths using an interesting tool for heading large forged spikes. In a nutshell, it is designed to be held by both smiths (each using a pair of tongs) while they alternate hammer blows (which start out slow and heavy for the upsetting and get faster and lighter as they finish up and shape the head). Here are some screenshots:

If you're able to watch the video itself, enjoy the casual flick at the end with which one of the smiths sends the finished spike into the growing pile of its fellows.

[Frosty]

Good video, thanks John!

I hope everybody notices how very basic their set up is. It doesn't take special anvils, tools, etc. to produce good work and quickly.

Frosty The Lucky.