Home made knife. Pretty neat

[~OtisM~]

Railroad spike knife.

Guy Makes Knife Out Of A Railroad Spike - Video

 

[GLADad]

That's neat, but wouldn't they rust extremely easily?

 

[CathyInBlue]

It needs to be oil-quenched, sharpened, and then blued.

 

[Harpdude]

Bingo...hit it on the head

It needs to be oil-quenched, sharpened, and then blued.

 

[RRobaldo]

I've made a few railroad knives, but prefer to make knives out of a better steel such as O-1.
This is one of my recent knives someone commissioned for a fathers day gift.

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[crowsnake]

Couldn't believe he was using an old BBQ pit & Charcoal. I used 2 turn the forge handle 4 my Dad but he only used it to make things we needed 4 something. Coal fired amazing how hot it got stuff white hot.

He said sawmill saw blades made good knives when they were worn out. They were so hard they didn't rust bad just got patina looking. Never saw him make a knife tho.