i will go to the radio shack and see if they still carry pcb echant solution (ferric chloride) and/or buy some white vinegar.
all i had around the house was apple cider vinegar lol. do i need to put it in at an angle or horizontal? and lastly i don't see a hamon lol. possibly from vapor pockets? also read it might be something escaping the metal (can't remember what it was)? i could use some help on this. but the major problem i have is after quenching, the blade has huge "pits" all over it. most likely because i filed it down too thin. after quenching the knife pieces the blade edge chipped off, it looked a bit serrated. The reasoning is that the railroads want mild steel that will. Knife blade steels typically contain between 0.85 and 1.5 carbon, or 3-5 times as much carbon as a 'High Carbon' railroad spike. before i quenched it i put my fire poker in the water to keep it warm (it was not red hot). According to the specifications, low carbon spikes may contain no more than 0.12 carbon and 'High Carbon' spikes may contain NO MORE THAN 0.30 carbon. i will explain what happened in more detail: i used the hottest water that would come out of the tap. if anyone wants me to take pictures and do a tutorial on the process of making homemade micarta i would be more than happy to. I am also gonna put some home made micarta handle scales on it. i haven't sanded it yet, not sure if i am gonna after finding out it is most likely medium carbon steel. Hand-forged and heat treated for strength, each knife has a consistently clean curve and is wire brushed and coated with wax for a nice finish. We only use new, high caliber railroad spikes and our quality and consistency is 100 guaranteed. it will be good practice on forge welding a 1095 cutting edge into it.Īnyway sorry for the long post, here's the knife: hand forged, hand filed. Our high quality railroad spike knives, stands and sheaths are handmade here in North Carolina.
#QUENCHING A RAILROAD SPIKE KNIFE FREE#
And the reason why people make railroad spike knives is just to say "look i made a knife out of a spike, cool!" If this research i have done is not true feel free to let me know! i still have some spikes left that i will make a few more axes out of. Long story short the absolute best a railroad spike will be would be equivalant to somewhere in between 1040-1050 carbon steel. The reason is after a night of reading up on railroad spikes i have discovered some misleading facts about them. Removes spinal cord from beef halves, with a knife.
Well as the title says this will be my last railroad spike knife i make. A TRACKMAN who delivers spikes to SPIKERS in a railroad tracklaying gang.
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