Railroad sleeper knives

[bribri]

Wow theres are sexy for sure i know there prob heavy, but i think there very very cool wot yall think?

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[Dave Budd]

funny looking sleepers, they look more like American railway spikes to me

 

[archerblackdog]

Bought one the same as the centre one in the first picture in California in1999 from a traditional blacksmith.He said it was made from the rail tie spikes reclaimed from the trans continental railway when they upgraded the line, don't know how good the steel is maybe I will try to put a decent edge on it.

 

[bribri]

Haha just noticed wot i e put lol i mean spikes pmsl cheers dave, its been a long day haha

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[archerblackdog]

Bought one the same as the centre one in the first picture in California in1999 from a traditional blacksmith.He said it was made from the rail tie spikes reclaimed from the trans continental railway when they upgraded the line, don't know how good the steel is maybe I will try to put a decent edge on it.

 

[weekender]

Damm I used to be able to lay my hands on loads of them....!!!


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[Toddy]

They look rather 'souvenir'-ish, tbh.

M

 

[bribri]

Bought one the same as the centre one in the first picture in California in1999 from a traditional blacksmith.He said it was made from the rail tie spikes reclaimed from the trans continental railway when they upgraded the line, don't know how good the steel is maybe I will try to put a decent edge on it.

Cool' let us know how it goes puttin an edge on it' thinkin ov gettin one myself' they look very strong.

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[John Fenna]

They look rather 'souvenir'-ish, tbh.

M

An understatement there Mary - especially for the one with the "fangs" on the back in the right hand picture.....

 

[Dave Budd]

railway spikes are very popular amongst american smiths for converting into niknaks. A lot of people turn them into knives and small axes too (mostly hobby makers). They are generally low to medium carbon steel, a bit like using Re bar they can be reasonably good or reallly bad; apparently some of the better ones are marked HC on them somewhere.

I'm not a fan of them myself. Heavy and uncomfortable and look a bit tourist tatty to me, but they are very popular in the US