It would be really cool if you came back and revisited a project like this with your new tools and experience to see how different your product would be! You are a huge inspiration for me. I love your work, keep it up, man.
Forge-welding is an extremely finicky process. Makes the incredible forge-welded weapons and tools even many times more incredible than they already were. Super impressive!
I like watching your projects. you're easy to learn from because you think out loud most of the time and it's not just some guy hammering an steel for twenty minutes. thanks for the lessons
man i don't think you talk to much at all, this video is awesome! I'm a beginner smith and your videos are inspirational. its funny because i went to the scrap yard a bought like 20 rr spikes to practice on. keep up the good work man.
Great job, I like this video for its ability to show everyone you dont need the best or perfect tools, you just got the job done with what you had and made it work, even doing some fairly complex techniques (like forge welding HC to HC), all in all great job and inspirational to all us amateurs!
Well Chandler you've really come a long way. Just look at this! What i see as a very useful tool. Even though it's not the most beautiful of things. Then look at the amazing stuff that you are making now! You are inspiring to us, To me for sure. Thank you for all you do. Keep it up.
Chandler, I been watching mostly new videos you made, wow what an improvement you have made with your tools and equipment and skills as well. Super job btw.
hum...i hav to say i watched ur first knife makin vid and said oh no another guy cutting out blades...but now i see u hav progressed...using a hammer,forging, forge welding,i am starting to like you.i like your positive upbeat attitude too.thanks
Planning on making a tomahawk soon, remembered I saw a video where someone forge welded a bit of good carbon steel into a railroad spike to make a good edge. Of course it was good ol' Chandler doing what he does best. I'm going to use this video as sort of a guide, this is going to be more than a couple things I haven't done before.
holy smokes Chandler, you came so freaking far from four years ago. You should definitely revisit old videos like this and redo the projects to sell on your store.
I love watching these old videos!! I still have my ASO (very similar to the one in this video). Keep up the great work Chandler! Between you and Walter S. I've become inspired to do some smithing of my own. You rock!
Looks good, I'd make a recommendation to make a few of these as tomahawks for an accessory. I also wanted to see someone fold the excess from the spike end, forge weld it together, and see if the blade is big enough for a more proper hand ax.
haha holy crap man i accidentally hit this video while lettting youtube go and ive been watching you for while "creepy" and instantly recognized your voice i never went this far back if you vids but was cool to watch the forge weld attempt and see how far youve actually come since ive only been fallowing for couple months now! great shit man!
Hey Chandler thanks for your videos. I just wanted to let you know about raid road spikes. According to American Railway Engineering Association, low carbon spikes contain no more than 0.12% carbon and "High Carbon" spikes contain 0.30%. While a normal knife has 0.85% and 1.5% carbon. Happy forging and keep up the good work. You have gone a long way and I wish you nothing but the best of luck in life.
I love your comment, "It's looking good, but it's looking bad." I say that EVERY TIME I put hammer to steel on a something new! lol Any way thanks for the Vid. It cleared up a couple questions for me. Good luck and good hunting.
you probabbly have more experience smithing than i do. but heres a tip. when upsetting lift the peice slightly above the anvil face. when you hammer it it gives somewhat of a double impact, and it wil go faster.
awesome vid bud, looking forward to watching the others. oh I did some looking around and theres a product called SURE WELD, and it works a lot better then borax just make sure if u do use it don't leave any on ur anvil lol not a good thing lol keep up the great work
good job if you do another maybe split the blade put in like 1095 for a extra weight an in steed of an hammer maybe a digging tool because for hammering u can use the side
We just got a gas forge. We are going to try this but I have stainless instead of tool steel. I hope it works and I can forge weld stainless to railroad spike.
That is a great video! Well done! Thanks for sharing. I have just setup my forge and trying to get more heat out of it. Looks like you are using charcoal ? Good idea using the "nippers" to grab the spike. Keep up the good work.
Great video, I liked seeing your thought process. Would you have been able to grind the railroad spike into a blade without welding on the extra blade piece? Not sure how blades are made, thanks!
Hi, And well done! Those spikes are pretty solid steel aren’t they. I like the shape but am a little disappointed you did not file or grind the dings out a little better. But as I said great shape and there is no way I could have come close to doing what you did, and it makes you wonder if buying one off the shelf would not be easier……………. Of course it would but you now have something which you can say you made to your ideas and got as close as possible to what you wanted right, well done! BTW I love your Lathe!
Coming in ages late--could you provide a touch more info on how you insert the handle without using a wedge in the top? Much appreciated! (and awesome project, just found your videos and I like how you show when things don't go perfectly)
Now I am going to have to try that. it is really good now i wont one but me like you must do it myself. Or it wont be mine will it. You know what i mean. Good post so thanks for that.
you should re work your clippers so it will grab the spike better, at least bend the handles a bit so your hand isn't so wide apart....other than that GREAT JOB!
I am a beginner and I have a question about the forge, when I get my spike heated up it takes 20 Maybe 30 seconds but after taking it out and hitting it with my hammer the steel glows yellow for about 30 seconds itself how do I get it to burn longer without melting my blade. P. S. THAT HAPPEND THE LAST TIME I MADE A R. R.SPIKE TOMAHAWK
Hey Chandler,is it necessary to weld in the 01 steel if you are already using a HC spike? I want to make one but hoped that step could be omitted without compromising the edge integrity.
Hey, I just noticed I hadn't replied to this one... I remember doing it but it must not have posted... I think for something like this you probably would be fine without the O1. If you are looking to hold a fine edge longer then the O1 is certainly a good idea.
I'll be honest. I didn't understand how what you were planning to do and was against the way you went about it. But I really like how it turned out. Great job. Around how many hours from start to finish?
