How to Forge a Railroad Spike Knife (Comprehensive Guide)

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Knife SOLD.
This is my COMPREHENSIVE guide on making railroad spike knives. A super fun and simple beginner forging project.
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Chapters:
0:00 RR Spike Knife
1:43 What Type of RR Spike to Use
4:25 The Design
4:55 Drawing out the Blade
6:30 How to Twist the Handle
8:19 Clean it up with a Wire Wheel
10:39 Grinding Blade Profile
11:25 Filing Choil
11:41 Grinding Bevels
12:33 how to Heat Treat a RR Spike
14:34 Finishing Touches
14:56 FINISHED
15:34 Conclusion

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27 июл 2024

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@jakemakes 5 лет назад

SOLD! Wow that was fast

@codenamemod2042 5 лет назад

A great tutorial, lots of good information for those who might not be as knowledgeable as you yet. I applaud your skill, and am interested to see what the next project will be!

@ivyironworks6698 5 лет назад

Awesome that knife looks sweet

@MD-iv1lc 5 лет назад

Great job dude. I think i better learn forging. It looks so much fun!!

@jakemakes 5 лет назад

Yeah man its fun!

@mmadsen1968 4 года назад

Awesome skills!!

@ahmadzeeshan7303 4 года назад

Great video

@billdesk8260 5 лет назад

You deserve more subs

@prophesytheorist5130 4 года назад

I learned to save more scraps from the file knives I make, I end up forge welding them to the spikes edge section, like a axe bit kind of.

@jakemakes 4 года назад

Ooh we got us a smart person here...

@davidsen1805 4 года назад

Wow this is a really good video, how do you not have more subscribers? Well now ya have 1 more!

@quarth7772 4 года назад

Thank you Kanye

@UnicornMeat512 4 года назад

You got yourself a subscriber

@NorseManPowerlifter 5 лет назад

Just heat up the spike and dip it in water to isolate your heat before twisting

@jakemakes 5 лет назад

Well that woulda been smart

@PatrickDustman 5 лет назад

What a great video mate, I really enjoyed watching. SurvivalAustria

@jakemakes 5 лет назад

Thank you, I appreciate it!

@joejohnson8981 4 года назад

This was a high quality and entertaining video! Your channel is going to blow up soon...

@jakemakes 4 года назад

Thanks!! I sure hope so, this is an expensive ‘hobby’ lol

@jonmeaders8633 5 лет назад

I dont know what it is yet but I want it!!

@ryanahmann9550 4 года назад

This video was very informative, and very nice thank you, and no you would rather want the oil in my opinion, the leftover carbon in the oil adheres too the outside of the metal, not all the way through bit through enough for a hardened shell, or so I'm told lol

@---rw2gk 5 лет назад

wonderful

@lukecope4212 5 лет назад

No new information to me, but loved the how you included it for those that dont already know. Also I'm extremely jealous of your weather down there lol

@jakemakes 5 лет назад

Thanks, this video was for a different audience than usual, I wanted to make a good searchable video for newbies. Yeah its a VERY mild winter down here. Like no winter. Its like 60 degrees today

@borb4330 3 года назад

can you add carbon to hit it while reforging to give it a higher carbon content

@ivyironworks6698 5 лет назад

Wow the knife already sold 😁

@jakemakes 5 лет назад

ya I know right?

@S550STANG 3 года назад

As a railroader I got to say.... THIS IS ART. Edit. How much would it cost me for you to make one for me? I live in Canada so shipping won't be too bad.

@Michael-jg8qb 3 года назад

I got the same idea, but, damm im in indonesia

@sethmullet8014 5 лет назад

Good job Jake! If you need more just say so.

@williamtarr9758 4 года назад

How much for that exact blade I want one

@thenorsemen2452 3 года назад

MC Mostly crap is what got a thumbs up from me😂. Great video. Keep going.

@sergiomariano4378 5 лет назад

Nice 👍

@jakemakes 5 лет назад

thanks!

@whatsgrowingon 4 года назад

Make more.i wanna buy.your channels badass

@jakemakes 4 года назад

Haha I don't make enough money of off these they take me too long to make

@whatsgrowingon 4 года назад

@@jakemakes aww come on.i want a custom one

@adkviking69shofner98 3 года назад

At lest you killed all the baby mosquitos in that bucket lol

@Michael-jg8qb 3 года назад

Gimme the link, im outside the country but lemme buy it

@duckswearinggloves305 4 года назад

You should make a knife but as it gets closer to the top, it twists into a snake. The railroad spike head shape looks a lot like a snake head

@jakemakes 4 года назад

Ooh 😲 that’s a good idea

@JustinTopp 5 лет назад

Finally try case hardening that mild steel one. Heat it very hot and dip in motor oil several times until cool or some other liquid with lots of carbon

@jakemakes 5 лет назад

Good idea

@JustinTopp 5 лет назад

Also for the twist you wanted you could’ve dipped it in water slowly to stop it untwisting the steel doesn’t have enough carbon to be negatively effected. My tip for them is use a scotch bright pads.

@adambryant5879 5 лет назад

Can u harden a rail road spike???

@JustinTopp 5 лет назад

Adam Bryant at most they are medium carbon steel. So sorta. They can harden more than mild steel but proper high carbon is much better

@disturbedmario3913 5 лет назад

Thanks for sharing steel knowledge....nerd. S2

@jakemakes 5 лет назад

haha

@kanejaywolf94 4 года назад

god damn. I've found my doppelganger

@jakemakes 4 года назад

Lucky fellow to look like such a handsome dude as me

@McGowanForge 3 года назад

Dude I have the same anvil, thing is so terrible I have to flatten it and regrind it almost everyday

@Lmr6973 3 года назад

Heat then cool in water what you don't want to twist.

@SuperTim1965 4 года назад

The spike I have is stamped V2 319. Any idea what kind of steel it is?

@jakemakes 4 года назад

Not a clue. Google is your best friend mate

@SuperTim1965 4 года назад

@@jakemakes tried that....google dosen't even know. Thanks

@jakemakes 4 года назад

@@SuperTim1965 Lol bummer

@ashleyrenfrow7884 5 лет назад

Pretty sweet knife👌🏼 And showers are very important Jake 🤦🏼‍♀️ And I like your shirt 👍🏼

@jakemakes 5 лет назад

lol ok Mom. Aren't you supposed to be dead right now?

@ashleyrenfrow7884 5 лет назад

Haha yeah, I just watched your video while sitting in the room waiting for the dadgum dr. to get in here 🙄 I’m so irritated

@jakemakes 5 лет назад

@@ashleyrenfrow7884 Lol waiting is the worst part

@ashleyrenfrow7884 5 лет назад

@Jake Makes yup. He just came in and I’m about to go back now 😣

@jakemakes 5 лет назад

Good luck! This is going to be great XD

@umbra3324 3 года назад

For that twist part where you couldn’t isolate it, could you have just quenched the part you didn’t want to twist?

@jakemakes 3 года назад

Yes, I tried to do that, but it sucked the heat out of the rest, and I just wasn’t fast enough to do it. I really would have needed a good hot torch to isolate it.

@umbra3324 3 года назад

Jake Makes ohhhh very nice. I see what you’re saying now

@apocalypsepyro 5 лет назад

Nice video my dude! ...that outro seems awfully familiar lol

@jakemakes 5 лет назад

I was using it before you smarty

@jakemakes 5 лет назад

Or I thought I was. I didn't copy you ;p

@apocalypsepyro 5 лет назад

@@jakemakes lol it doesn't matter, only jokes XD congrats on selling the knife so fast. You're blessed!

@tinkeringclaws5559 5 лет назад

Nice seax

@mrsimpson2022 4 года назад

for a rs knife no need to temper after quenching.

@jakemakes 4 года назад

Yeah I am of that opinion now

@o.ethanbrown1808 2 года назад

I know this is an older video, but I wasn’t sure how to contact you to ask this question. I want to get a cheap (but not junk) belt sander for some knife forging projects. What do you think of the one you use in this video and a lot of your other ones? What brand is it?

@jakemakes 2 года назад

How cheap you thinking? You wanting to test the waters or actually do this seriously for a while?

@o.ethanbrown1808 2 года назад

Well...right now I’d like something to test the waters and allow me to make some good knives. I would like to do it seriously eventually, but right now I don’t want to spend more than like $70ish.

@jakemakes 2 года назад

Then yeah go pick up the 1” x 30” from harbor freight. Should be like $50. It’s severely underpowered and the table on it is useless, but it definitely works. With that and an angle grinder you can maker some cool stuff. I still haven’t upgraded lol. I don’t make enough blades to make it worth the investment. And not really a better option unless you want to spend $800.

@jakemakes 2 года назад

The only other option you might want to consider is a 4” x 36”. It’ll have more power, but IMO it’s more difficult to use. Watch some of ZNA Productions knifemaking videos to get an idea, it’s what he uses.

@o.ethanbrown1808 2 года назад

Right. I have a 4” x 36” belt sander, but trying to get an edge on like my small karambit I just finished is nearly impossible. I think having a 1” belt upright will let me get in the tight spaces. You know how it goes, you want to get something that’s not junk, but also don’t want to spend the load of cash at the moment. You seem to have done decent with the Harbor Freight one so I’ll probably give it a try.

@electron-xgaming2444 5 лет назад

I totally agree man. Why do ya have to shower? AND LEAVING THE SHOP!?!! OUTRAGEOUS! And why do you HAVE to make money... Like why can't you just find a nice part of your parents woods, build a shack, and take food from the house mysteriously during the night. It's fool proof!

@electron-xgaming2444 5 лет назад

Also great vid man! I was trying to get into forging for a while and this is exactly the motivation I needed to get going!

@jakemakes 5 лет назад

Haha XD yeah mate. The sad cruel world we live in......

@JustinTopp 5 лет назад

You hate selling things you made? I love selling homemade stuff. Feels good to know people want stuff I made. I’m a knife maker and I like that you told us off when talking about the carbon in spikes. Spike knives are super fun to make in my opinion. I don’t know why but I’m getting prepared to forge Damascus and I’m going to attempt and forge weld a Damascus bit into a railroad spike. There’s no point but I want to for shits and giggles. 15n20 and probably 1095

@jakemakes 5 лет назад

Selling my stuff...... I dunno but when I finally finish something I’ve put so many hours into I generally would much rather keep it myself. Most things I build I make because I want it in the first place too. Yah I really hate it when people rip on spike knives. Just get over it already folks. Lol. Haha, that Damascus sounds like it will be a lot of fun. I need to try doing some Damascus..... I need to overhaul my forge and get it running hotter though. Good luck 👍

@JustinTopp 5 лет назад

Jake Makes the point of a spike knife is novelty not actual use lol. The Damascus is going to be my first project on my new anvil

@jakemakes 5 лет назад

Totally. Sweet! I wish I could buy a new anvil. Too expensive at the moment, I don’t do enough forging rn to justify the cost ☹️

@JustinTopp 5 лет назад

Jake Makes I could only justify it because it was 475$ for 150lb in good shape half the usual price of anvils. It’s also a good Henry Wright semi rare anvil. And I have been forging for 3-4 years and i have been forging almost daily recently. I’m addicted I love it

@chompachangas 3 года назад

13:02: huh huh. hard.

@StuffUCanMake 5 лет назад

That's a robust knife!

@LawnMowerProductions 5 лет назад

I definitively recommend a cross peen (or straight peen) hammer, when you has the money dat is. It spreads the material a loooot faster then a rounded hammer.

@jakemakes 5 лет назад

you mean using the wedge shaped end? I have a small sledge that has that but It's too heavy for me to use for long periods. Skinny arms u know.......

@LawnMowerProductions 5 лет назад

Aw ok, but yeah putting all the force on a small area (like the wedge shaped end) spreads the metal faster, another method you could use is tilting your hammer about 25 degrees so when you hit the work piece only a small edge of the hammer hits it instead of the whole hammer. Here's a video I found really helpful, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0BLlGLnSn0E.html It's more about drawing out metal but the methods still work for knife makin.

@jakemakes 5 лет назад

Yes that is true, good tip

@HappyMadScientist 5 лет назад

6:10 nice power hammer 😂

@jakemakes 5 лет назад

whats that a reference to? Alec steele?

@BethanyMcS 5 лет назад

I'm distracted by the whiteboard in the back

@jakemakes 5 лет назад

Lol 😂 bethany

@brooklynnchase0823 5 лет назад

same tho😂

@randy1ization 4 года назад

blue it.

@thomaschenevert8541 4 года назад

How long did you temper the spine for? I'm actually in the middle of making my first railroad spike knife myself and was looking up videos in the process. Did you do the usually 2 hours heat cool then 2 hours more?

@justinlong977 3 года назад

I bet you look pretty with a face mask on

@jakemakes 3 года назад

I look great no matter what I have on 😂😜

@HappyMadScientist 5 лет назад

i don think ur money problem is unique to just u. u should sign up for Amazon affiliates. i made $20-$100 a day before they decided I had too small a youtube channel and kicked me. (they told me I needed 500 subs)

@HappyMadScientist 5 лет назад

u got nothin to lose if u try it

@jakemakes 5 лет назад

When I hit ten thousand subs I will. I don't want to risk getting on and them not making much money and kicking me, because they usually rule you out for life

@HappyMadScientist 5 лет назад

@@jakemakes I've applied twice already... they say on their site that if they kick u they'll give u a reason and u can reapply when uv fixed the problems. When you do apply don't mention instructables. that was the reason they kicked me the first time. it's not an "approved" social media platform. u can still put links to it tho once ur in. I'd try it man!

@jakemakes 5 лет назад

Well thats different from what I read about it. I might give it a go