Spike a thon its on

All right I feel pretty good about this one. It took three tries to get here. I stopped 3/4 of the way through the second one as I had made the same mistake on it, as I on did the first one. I hope some other makers join in. This is my entry. I learned some new things, so it was well worth the time I spent playing in the fire.
OAL is 9" blade is 5" handle is iron wood.

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Dave is it to late to back out :p man don't know how to compete with that but I will give it my best shot.
 
Hay Mike what's the worst thing that could happen. you teach yourself a thing or two and wind up with an x miss gift for a friend. hay feel free to try the san mai thing that goes for all makers. that would like to try it it is a lot of fun. hay Don who will be the first maker to slide a big wedge of w2 in a spike. that could be cool. so hear is a little of what I learned by doing 3 of them. if you thin and widen the end of the spike be for you split it things work way better. you can put in a bigger wedge and there is a lot less spike to remove. and less chance of spike steel stuck in your pattern. hope this helps.
 
I have my damascus for the edge about done, I ran out of propane though. :( Now I need to go fill all 5 tanks up again.
 
Cool Jon I am glad to hear your going to do a spike. I came up with a cool prize for the spike king. and the more makers that join in the bigger the prize will be.
 
Very nice knives so far guys. Now I have been into trains since I was a kid. I have loved knives since I was a kid, but did not really get into them till 2 years ago. But I never heard of a railroad spike knife. How did I miss this? Not that I could afford one. But they are neat to look at. I knew a guy made a chissel out of one. But not a knife. Cool. Keep them coming guys. Love it.
 
Keep watching Buckfan I have a good feeling today we might see one or two.:thumbup:
 
Im working on mine but it is slow going, should be done hopefully by the end of next week. It is hard to forge a knife while in Mexico on vacation with your wife. :)
 
Jon I am looking forward to seeing what you come up with. I thought we would have seen one or two by now but I still have hope.
 
Dave, I have had a killer back problem for two weeks now and have not been able to forge.
Probably wont get mine done, but we'll see.
 
Don I know how that can be I am just getting over one that lasted a month. And I have been seeing a back cracker for two years. I find I just ask to much from my back some times. I hope it feels better soon. Drink lot's of water that dose help.
 
I have mine started :) getting ready to attempt my first san mai weld here in a few hours. I will try to get some pics :)
 
Thanks Dave! Bad part is my right arm is numb, still works but feels weird.

Gettin better and I'm forging a little now, so we'll see.
 
Well I got mine started and is not much to look at yet but here are a few pics. I have to go to out of town for work so I won't be able to get back to this till Saturday.

I wanted more mass in the handle so I cut it and folded it over back onto itself and forge welded it. Next I will split the blade end and forge weld a W2 bit into it.

Here are my spikes, I will start with the large spike more on the 2 smaller spikes later.
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Wow I like the way the end of the spike will become the guard I look forward to seeing it done.
 
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