Knife

[Razor]

After retiring, selling a house, moving, buying another house, picking through 30 yrs of accumulation to take with me... I finally got
some time to do a little forging/knifemaking... 
I made this for a friend as a Christmas present...

[old salt]

Good looking knife

[Red Badger]

Nice!

[William]

I really like the file work, tell us a little about the steel that is used for RR spikes.  IIRC, there are several types of steel used for spikes depending on the type of track and load requirments?  How can you determine if it will make for a good knife?

[Rev]

The spikes that work for knives are marked HC, for High Carbon. I have some if anyone wants to give it a go...

[heatherhistorian]

Nice knife.

[redhawk]

Good looking sticker, I like it Razor.  I am sure your friend will like his present.

[Razor]

Thanks for the kind words all...
Usually I clean 'em up a lot more, but this friend is really into the primitive/rustic look..
The file work was a last minute inspiration.. as y'all kin tell, the 'layout' measurements were via Mk I, Mod II eyeball (bifocals  )
Must'a took me all of 10 mebbe 15 minutes...

[NAULTRICK1]

Can ya imagin what the steel will look like after years of handlin, all shiny and polished with real palm oil