Marlin Spike History and DIY Forging 

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I have many different spikes and fids. Making eyes and splices in cable and ropes up to 2 inches. Many of them were my grandfathers and are treasured tools. Nice post bud.

As a Navy Vet, I can appreciate a good Marlinespike. May I suggest chamfering the Lanyard hole so it won't cut the Lanyard? 🇺🇸😎

Great video, I appreciated the history

I like the John McCain Beard buddy!!! Looks nice. I remember watching you when you had one tattoo on your hand of a scorpion and a Mohawk and dyed stache!! It’s been really nice getting old and learning with and from you!! Thank you!!!

Thankyou for all the work you’ve done over the years. I grew up loving and spending time in the outdoors enjoying creation, but your videos moved me to start learning until accepted interest grew into a passion. You were the first to get me interested in using a flint and steel as a fire starting method and the past few weeks I’ve been passing it on to my stepdaughter. I hope things continue well for you and your family

Not sure on just why I got the huge urge to know what a Marlin spike was. Very good explanation and vid! Took me a second to register that it actually was a "Mora Kniv" shirt. Cheers from Sweden

Thanks again for teaching me so much over the years.

Nice work Dave. That would be a great project to teach basic fabrication and metallurgy.

another great video! When I was in the Navy, we called a wooden hollowed-out "toggle", a fid. Mainly used for splicing twisted rope, the hollowed out part was used as a kind of rope sewing needle... for me, the distinction was in the hollowed out part. just my 2 cents. lol Thanks!

Thanks for another great video Dave.

Damn Dave!! Got the guns out!! I think you are allergic to iron because you are swole. Haha thanks for all the great content.

This was awesome!!! It felt like shop class all over again! Keep up the great videos bro and that was the first real explanation of the history that I've heard (awesome) .

Just a tip for when you want to make a nice concentric point on something. Im a diesel mechanic and it's a quick way to fix a punch when the tip needs repaired. Just put it in a cordless drill. Be sure to spin it in the opposite direction of your sander/grinder. Keeps the point centered in the stock.

Good stuff that spike has many uses even for fencing! Thanks for the vid, good teaching! "KEEP ON KEEPIN ON MY BROTHER FROM A DIFFERENT MOTHER!!

Nice touch on that handy tool! I have one that is hollowed on the rope end so you can follow the tip through a threading of the strand of rope to make splicing easier.

Dave is a big dude

Looking good brother,very proud of how far you've came over the years,I always appreciate your time and knowledge Dave,thanks for sharing...

Excellent work and great history on this.

Nice project and demonstration brother! Enjoyed watching this and I learned something new so thank you again sir 👍🏽👍🏽😎 best wishes

I remember this from my days in the Navy. The botswains mates had them. It was a different look than this one from what i remember. I believe the tip had a small flat spot and the other end looked like a nail head.I was able to "aquire" one when I transferred off the ship but I dont remember what I did with it. I cant find some of my stuff from my military days so it may be with those.

Such great info in here! I want to get a few spikes and punches make from wrought iron. Thanks for sharing Dave! Much love -TTO

Thanks Goodwin got one in my dad's toolbox, always wondered what it was for!

Some of my favorite videos Dave’s DIY Iv learned allot from you sir! My forge is made the same way you show’d works great”I made a forge toob for a fire pit like you showd👍stays in my truck with a home made Bello(tire pump lol) Your trapping videos have been Awsome Especially the primitive traps I could go on&on Just say’n thanx man👍🤠

You definitely inspire Once my pole barn is built first thing in the door is a forge. The spike on a sheath on the belt could have 101 uses 👍

For all the commenters on heat treating. Sure you don’t really need it hardened it’s just better. Used with your hands on rope you’d never exert enough force on that steel to ever bend or flex that spike. The point to the hardening is for durability. It’s harder to scratch and mare up, and oxidizers have a much harder time penetrating. So you see much less pitting and an even patina throughout. A talented smith can guess quite accurately with old steel with a good degree of certainty what parts are hardened,or not, with a visual inspection, and simply touching each individual piece. The sound is a big tell also. Hardened steel rings like a bell very clear and high. The same piece un hardened makes a different lower thud, but will still ring like a bell, albeit a cheap POS bell. Ps don’t forget to temper all hardened parts cause they could be brittle as glass depending on the carbon, magnesium, chromium, nickel, boron or uranium. Lol jk. But seriously, temper temper.

AWESOME Anvil!!! I Love this project! Thanks. :)

I can smell this video. Nice work.

Nice clean work Dave.

I’m getting into blacksmith myself. I love that grinder!!! I need to get one Similar

David sou Brasileiro e acompanho seu trabalho aqui do Brasil sou seu fã e você é muito bom no que faz abraços David

Just find your channel, impressive work and experience!

Thanks for the video. I learned a lot from this video. God bless.

I noticed and admired the Greek "Jesus Loves" message in the background ;) Incidentally I made mine from an old discarded hex key wrench. Mine is only 3 inches in length and sits on my key ring.

Great video! very informative!

Congrats my dude. You look like a fucking beast. Whatever you're doing, keep doing it.

When I make punches or pins from hex or round stock I chuck it in a drill and hit the belt sander.

what does the Cyrillic writing on the forge hood say?

Very nice!!!

How about making one of those with a 90 degree spine on the "fishtail" end, that way you could strike a rod or scrape something if needed.

Nice tool. Thanks for this vid.

A must have for me.

Dang, Dave, you've been buffing up, brother! :)

This is a nice diy project

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Are you using a different camera or better lighting? Something is different. This video is really crisp and clear. Great video work on top of the content. Thanks.

Marlin spike is for splicing Wire Rope.....a FIDD is made out of wood.....splices rope... I am an old wire rope splicer and rigger....turned hook-tender..... My fastest time splicing an eye on a stump with 15/16 wire rope IWRC.....3 minutes 15 seconds

Dave you need to make some forged frog/fish gigs and maybe for small game everyone I find is in need of some upgrades to hold up...just an idea for a vid....thanks bubba your getting swolled up what's your work out routine

Interesting, thank you!

What does the Greek inscription mean?

Make one out of high carbon steel, harden it and polish it and you have a sharpening steel as well.

Sweet anvil 👍👍

Cool history

Thanks for sharing

If you chuck the spike in a hand drill it will be easier to grind the point of the spike.

Are those burners from a Potters design?

It's used on wire rope also,used a lot in logging

Dang Dave, what can you tell me about that 2x(?) belt grinder, such as homemade? Make? Model? I do a little forging myself, and now have Grinder Envy!

I’m an electrician and I try to teach knots. I love this video. It’s amazing how millennials won’t want to learn a bowline.

BOM VÍDEO

Nice job, Dave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #survival

Is a respirator necessary?🤔

more of this stuff and common man etc.

Who made the rounding hammer?

Hey, Dave- How about a video on making shoes or boot repair? I would also like to know about making sewing needles.

Damn dave you got buff!!

Good history I thought it was named after a fish❤️🇺🇸

Do you sell the Marlin spikes that you make?

The end with the hole should have been thinned down to the same diameter as the rest of the spike. It should have looked like a large darning needle.

Nice .put this in my bugout bag . 😁

Super awesome

Pretty sweet TY

I could find more uses for that but the intended purpose I would just use my awl of the swiss army knife, I know they didn't have a swiss army knife back in their day

dave I have following for years .a few years back you basicly said you getting sidetracked promoteting products and doing real woodcraft .now you are doing it again I am calling out .

Wow you're in beast mode, Dave. What are you running for a cycle, a bit of dbol and some tren? ;)

Damn Dave what is your training routine? Or which "supplements" are you using?

man you have been hitting the gym it looks like

Sorry to have to correct you but the proper pronunciation is marlin spike not marline spike. Great video Dave ATB Sam Adler

What are you doing Getting ready for a rule in Incredible Hulk Movie??? Or you advertising for your up and coming “workout videos”??? I know you ain’t getting that big from Berries lol!!! Looking good

An old broken garage door spring and someone can make a hundred of them. Its round stock tho.

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Damn dave gave you been working out?

I honestly always thought it was named after the fish

You got like a million tatoos.and a million metal working tools.

Hello Mr. Canterbury

It's looks like a rope dart...

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