Tips for Forging a Railroad Spike Knife

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Forging knives from railroad spikes is something that's been around for decades but has recently picked up more popularity. With the release of our new Railroad Spike Knife Bundles, we wanted to share a few tips on making your own railroad spike knife. This is by no means an exclusive list, but just a few thoughts Ken wanted to share to keep in mind while you're forging.
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@douglasfathers4848 3 года назад

Amazing how much you can learn in a short video . Like the spacer in the vice and the thickness of the twisting tool.

@KjZiturKensCustomIron 3 года назад

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching, Douglas!

@DjeehBear 3 года назад

Your videos are really comprehensive and educative. Wish you were posting more stuff! Keep up the good work!

@KjZiturKensCustomIron 3 года назад

We're working on it! Stay tuned! Thanks for your support!

@hannemannironworks1651 3 года назад

That spacer idea is great thanks Ken!

@KjZiturKensCustomIron 3 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@brysonalden5414 3 года назад

You've convinced me I need a spacer in my vise, and that I should be twisting horizontally. Thank you, sir!

@brysonalden5414 3 года назад

Also, I use an old monkey wrench with smooth jaws and a handle welded to one of the jaws as a twisting wrench; I can grab the head of the spike without leaving a mark.

@KjZiturKensCustomIron 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed the video, Bryson! Ken has a similar wrench!

@grandmajosephine383 3 года назад

Tip #1: Wait until the train passes before trying to pry out a spike.

@KjZiturKensCustomIron 3 года назад

Good one!

@DeepCreekIronWorks 3 года назад

🤣🤣😂😂

@jackbranam606 3 года назад

May I suggest you first forge a long handle spike puller! You need to be quick!

@eddiesblacksmithingkjv9185 Год назад

Great advise

@chris0576 Год назад

Been a big fan since I seen your stuff on black bear forge. I’ve bout a couple of your kits as well. Tongs, RR knife kits. The directions you provide is also a life saver for a new blacksmith!

@SoggyWaffles1984 Год назад

Came over here from Black Bear as well

@ernieduncan602 Год назад

@@SoggyWaffles1984 As did I, after seeing John from Black Bear demonstrate forging the Quick Tong Blanks and buying my first package of Quick Tong Blanks from Ken's last week...

@mouthofspaghetti7817 Год назад

About to try Blacksmithing for the first time. I was thinking a railroad spike knife would be a good first project. Thanks for the video I found it very helpful.

@DeepCreekIronWorks 3 года назад

Awesome job sir. Thank you for the pointers sir. Got so many spikes, and not enough ideas to go around. Thanks again for the input

@KjZiturKensCustomIron 3 года назад

Glad to help!

@nestorknoxs3795 3 года назад

Fantastic tips, lots of new ways to definitely make things easier

@KjZiturKensCustomIron 3 года назад

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

@BigNicky77 Год назад

So much info in one video!! Thank you!

@bwhip 3 года назад

Good tips about saving your vise screw. Thanks.

@KjZiturKensCustomIron 3 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@bobd3089 3 года назад

Good job

@davidjones9518 2 года назад

Good starter

@turso362 3 года назад

Awesome just what I needed!

@KjZiturKensCustomIron 3 года назад

Glad to hear it!

@bobwhelk2117 3 года назад

Nice 👍

@Strive1974 2 года назад

Make my first quick rr spike tongs from your store. Harder than it looks but I pulled it off

@KjZiturKensCustomIron 2 года назад

Practice makes perfect. Enjoy.

@tylershogren 3 года назад

Awesome video man! What kind of camera are you using here?

@KjZiturKensCustomIron 3 года назад

My daughter does the filming but I believe it is a Nikon Z6 with a 24-70mm lens.

@richardhatt6541 3 года назад

Why the twist? I don't find it comfortable to hold. I am planning on making some RR spike knives but I am thinking keep the head and thin out just under so I can put split scales on as a handle then work the blade. How would this be for a handle?

@jamesball7322 3 года назад

I remember when I came to you guys asking if you could offer up those spike tongs ,hope you guys have been selling them regularly Ken I could use your help figuring out the valve body system you guys run so I can make my pneumatic hammer a bit more versatile,right now I just do the basic setup like you did (foot off and the ram goes up ,foot on and the ram comes down ) thank you

@KjZiturKensCustomIron 3 года назад

Hi James, why don't you send me a email or give me a call and we can discuss your set-up

@jamesball7322 3 года назад

@@KjZiturKensCustomIron sounds good

@Watchfuliz 3 года назад

How about some numbers...how much of the spike is used for the blade and how much for the handle and measured from the tip?

@SoggyWaffles1984 Год назад

You could also just use a cold spike as a spacer, right? I can't think of any reason you couldn't

@KjZiturKensCustomIron Год назад

A spike would work to.

@wilmamcdermott3065 2 года назад

Whats the best liquid for quenching railroad spike

@KjZiturKensCustomIron 2 года назад

railroad spikes are a medium to low carbon steel. So to answer your question I would just use water.

@LUCKYB. 3 года назад

For a novelty knife RR spike knives are fun to make But cannot keep or hold an edge. Unless you split the edge or split the spike and forge weld a bit of carbon steel as you would if making San Mai . And thats the only way a R R SPIKE WILL KEEP AND EDGE

@greatwolftactical1793 3 года назад

A wireless lavelier microphone or a shotgun mic on a boom would REALLY up the audio quality of these videos. If y'all need help, I'd love to assist. - Happy customer and starting blacksmith.

@KjZiturKensCustomIron 3 года назад

Thanks for the tip! Ken's wearing one in this video and we've used it in the past, we just had technical difficulties this time around.