inspired by movie Kingdom of heaven

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legato1

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I watched it today and thought the spike hammers were pretty neat decided to pound out spike hammer v.1.0 i have no experience drifting holes, but figured if they could make em back them with no power tools back then then i could do it now with no power tools. started with a rail road spike so i wouldent have to forge out the hammer and started to round the point and drifted the hole over the horn of the anvil, the material began to get thin realy quick and the hole was just big enough to get the broom handle through it. in the end it looks kinda wrong because its to long, i think next time on v.1.2 i will upset (correct me if im using that term incorrectly) to get more metal around the eye. is there a better way to do this? advice and feedback are greatly appreciated. thanks guys - Stan
 

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so is using the horn and first upsetting the steel the best way to get the eye for the haft?
 
legato1 said:
I watched it today and thought the spike hammers were pretty neat decided to pound out spike hammer v.1.0 i have no experience drifting holes, but figured if they could make em back them with no power tools back then then i could do it now with no power tools. started with a rail road spike so i wouldent have to forge out the hammer and started to round the point and drifted the hole over the horn of the anvil, the material began to get thin realy quick and the hole was just big enough to get the broom handle through it. in the end it looks kinda wrong because its to long, i think next time on v.1.2 i will upset (correct me if im using that term incorrectly) to get more metal around the eye. is there a better way to do this? advice and feedback are greatly appreciated. thanks guys - Stan
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Start with a thicker piece of metal, start your eye with a hot chisel made out of a cold chisel with a handle welded on with the bit longitudinal to the body of the axe to start your slot (you can cheat by drilling joined 3/16 holes for a little longer than the widest part of your cold chisel to make sure everything goes straight through, forge everything away from the eye down to a good thinness, then come back and finish drifting the eye with a drift that is shaped to match your handle.

your mileage may vary. There are also guys that cheat and make very nice hawks etc. starting with a ball-pien or straight pien hammer that already has an eye

-Page
 
thanks, it didnt have nearly enough metal around the hole though, was hitting it on stuff and the spike bent upward when it contacted the thing it could not penetrate (tree) and when i bent it down it broke. but it worked well on stuff it could go through like sheet metal and what not, but the tree bent it a little to much, oh well gives me an excuse to try again
 
tried to make another and im having the hardest time upsetting the area where the eye should go, is there some special trick to it or do i just put it on end with the part i want bigger heated and he part im hitting cooled?
 
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