Raildroad spike uses....

There's the old standby bottle opener that we made as a project in shop class.

Drill a hole and make a couple of cuts with a hack saw and finish with a file.

They're making them as promo items now and look like they're just cutting a notch out of them... easy.

and these guys are actually forging them. http://www.kestrelridgeforge.com/raspboop.html
 
here is a knife and hawk,they also make great steak flippers-spoons,etc-- used a ton of em--Thanks guys-Regards Butch

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That's a nice hot cut twist on the handle of your spike knife there, Butch! I have also seen these forged out into a small trowel with a twisted handle. The cool thing about spikes is that it is an item of the sort that when you make it into something an untrained eye can see that the object used to be a rr spike. So it pulls the interest of the viewer by simply demonstrating the process of transformation. Kind of why it is also sometimes cool to leave a cable handle on a cable blade.
 
When I do demos, I take a bucket of spikes. The folks love to watch them turn into crosses and other objects. There is something about the romance of trains and railroad stuff that people like.
Stacy
 
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