Forging QUILLION DAGGERS from rusty old railroad spikes

[@stoneinthefield1]

Best knife to make with spikes I’ve seen. Great job.

[@leatonbridge3523]

Well done thank you for sharing your dagger with I have a heap of spikes to play with

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thank you! I appreciate you checking it out!

[@thehost9817]

This makes a wonderful beginners project, it was my first project that I had completed on my forge

[@Mysticmountainforge]

That's awesome! I appreciate you watching?

[@saintlynnie4037]

my husband has made something similar to this, but he flattens out the twist for the blade and he says it makes a really bad ass design

[@Mysticmountainforge]

That sounds like it would look pretty awesome for sure. Thanks for watching I appreciate it!

[@carterlucyk1971]

A bit late responding to some great educational videos. I am retired and just starting after buying a retirees equipment, coal forge setup. I have almost a 100 hammers, tongs and things, that I have no knowledge of and see how you utilize a few. Your video has raised my interest even more and hope I can get to the stage of getting forge lit and to start the forging process. The only thing I missed to the hammering process was the hammer face. Whether its round flat or a special shape. I figured the flatter hammer makes metal flat, but the other shapes are of interest. Or do you just use the horn to stretch metal out. It would be nice to see the hammer face that you use for a few of the different steps. Thanks again for the great videos and really appreciate you taking the time to help steer us in the right direction. I might be 50 years late starting, but your videos will help bridge the gap. From Timmins ON, Thank you!!

[@HarbingerOfDeath10-67]

The Cross Pein hammer will probably be your most used. Heavy flat face on one end and chisel end for stretching metal on the other.

[@Athooper1980]

Thanks for sharing this!! I love this project and cannot wait to try making one. I bet you are right that they would sell well. I’m going to need to show my son and see if we can get it done. Keep up the awesome work! 😊

[@Mysticmountainforge]

No problem, Your more than welcome, I appreciate you watching and wish you the best!

[@Athooper1980]

@@Mysticmountainforge I made one today. Turned out great and people loved it on social. I wanted to give you credit and tag you but couldn’t find you. Are you on instagram and FB? Different name?

[@chrisbeene2379]

Would love to see more railroad spike projects and thank you for the videos you do amazing job

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I have been thinking about doing more rr spike projects for future videos. I appreciate you watching.

[@DomStubbings]

Proper nice work mate! The push dagger you showed at the end is also really good, given me an idea to try to make a double headed short handle tomahawk outa one!

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I appreciate you watching! That would be a pretty awesome project to make.

[@gregpassmore7716]

In the future, Im going to try this, very cool

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! It's definitely a fun build, If i did it over I would probably have hammered the rr spike heads flat to look more like a pommel.

[@alexjemetz254]

This a really enticing project that I aim to do for my first attempt using my home built forge. Great video and thanks for the creative design. Can you tell me the weight of your anvil and where you bought it? And one more question, how much do you sell the daggers for? Thank you!

[@Mysticmountainforge]

That's awesome! My anvil is a 112 pound cavalry anvil. I usually sell these for 50 dollars where I live but you could easily get more. Thanks for watching, I appreciate it! Forge on my friend!

[@alexjemetz254]

@@Mysticmountainforge Thanks for your speedy and encouraging reply. Have a great weekend and be safe.

[@vladimirkovacevic1656]

awesome dagger

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I appreciate you watching!

[@dougtroutman5695]

I'm going to try that just got some spikes, just getting started doing knives looks good. Thanks for the video.

[@anniemouse111]

Nice!

[@romeoalfa1414]

artistic built ...

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thank you for watching, I greatly appreciate it.

[@mattthescreamer177]

Loved this video man, thanks for posting this

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I appreciate you watching!

[@whiskey7959]

I'm new at forging... Do the spikes harden well? I saw other videos that quench in water only. What are your thoughts on this? Thanks.

[@Mysticmountainforge]

They harden well enough, they aren't ever going to be on the same hardness level as a high carbon steel like 1095, but most people want them to set on a shelf or to give then away as a novelty gift. I use water only because its what I have always used and never have had a complaint, there are some different brine mixtures you can use that's supposed to get a little more hardness out of them, usually, I quench them, and head to the grinder, no need to temper them or anything because they are on the lower end of carbon steel spectrum even on the high carbon stamped spikes. With all that said, they are a killer way to make some extra money to help upgrade tools and equipment.

[@whiskey7959]

@@Mysticmountainforge Thank you for your thoughts and info! You do great work!

[@apocalypseforge2666]

@@whiskey7959 You can make a Superquench bucket but so far I have not noticed enough hardness to say it will ever be a functional blade even with it. Like they have said here it is a novelty sale and some really fun practice. You can mess up all you want and it only costs you a buck, some propane and the sweat it made for you. Not a bad price for experience. Superquench: 5 gallons of water / 5lbs of salt / 28 ounces of blue namebrand dishsoap / 8 ounces of dishwasher rinse aid (always mix up 5 gallons btw, it is to maintain the cooling properties during the quench.)

[@mattburns1138]

That’s awesome. Great video !’

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I appreciate you watching!

[@jessepease3302]

This is epic!

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I appreciate you watching!

[@jaymuzquiz2942]

I tried doing that hot cut guard today after watching you do it. And I must say it came out looking like some orc dagger from Lord of Rings all mangled and chewed up before it one side just broke off. ( I can still consider it a win right? Because technically I did make a guard that way and held for like an hour before I mishandled it. )

[@Mysticmountainforge]

It's a win in my book! It took quite a few tries to get it right for me as well, and even then I still mess up and have to scrap one sometimes.

[@MarcosPinto-gc8wt]

Great job congratulations note 10

[@joesmith-t2z]

i would not have believed that if i had not seen it. would not have thought there was enuf iron there. Back in the day i would sometimes slit the spike and forge weld tool steel in, both to get more blade length and to have a hard steel at the edge. if you were better than me, you could jacket it with hard like the Japanese swordsmiths do.

[@donut5718]

🙌🙌💖💖

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I appreciate you watching!

[@kensmapleleafretirement]

Thank You for the fun....

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks for watching!

[@R_Arizona]

Cool video. I wish thought that I can watch a video like this, but they don't have a power hammer or a press. I'm just a poor extreme novice smith. Still it's a great video.

[@Mountainmonths]

cool i was wondering how to do a guard like this. thanks!

[@GordoBondiola2002]

I wouldve left the pommel facing the edges though its an amazing dagger!

[@6Sally5]

Subbed! But man…that music. 😵‍💫

[@Mysticmountainforge]

I know right! That was one of my first videos for the channel and I dont know what I was thinking lol, there are a few more with terrible music from the beginning of the channel but I dont do music anymore in my newer ones. I appreciate you subbing!

[@treyzeller8562]

How long is that blade

[@Mysticmountainforge]

The blade is 6.5 inches, the overall length is 12 inches. I appreciate you watching.

[@jessereid8482]

I love this build, great design man. I have a suggestion for you for next time you make something out of a railroad spike. You most likely know how low the carbon content is in railroad spikes is. next time you make one of these, you might try putting some 10-95 or 80CRV in the center and forge welding it together for a more durable cutting edge. This also could result in you getting some more length on your dagger or maybe a wider guard or something. Someting to think about :)

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I appreciate you watching, some 1095 would work great as would 80crv2, these were made for a lady up in NY for a shop she had, and it was one of those let's see if I could do it and might as well record it projects.

[@Marc-qo1gz]

How did you quench the blades ?

[@linuslingenfelter5026]

What sort of chisel did you use to make the quillions? I'm new and I'm not sure where to get one.

[@Mysticmountainforge]

It was just a cheap chisel from a harbor freight store, you can also forge down the end of a piece of rebar and sharpen in with an angle grinder or file and get the same results. Thanks for watching, I appreciate it!

[@wilmamcdermott3065]

How hard do the get after quenching

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Theses are the high carbon spikes so they harden up better than the regular ones when quenched in water, but even then nowhere near the hardness of a steel like 5160, 1089, or 1095. Thanks for watching I appreciate it!

[@jaymuzquiz2942]

Excuse me Mr Mountain Forge Sr. As we all know for every good Smith like yourself there are 100 bad ones like me, so basically we bad smiths are in demand because more are needed. Whereas only one of you are needed for every 100 of us. So my question is I forge custom bed frames with an offset geometry to give it that rustic rough look, but I'm having a difficult time selling these hand forged bed frames. How do you see the hand forge bed frame market this coming fiscal quarter?

[@Mysticmountainforge]

With the current market trend, I see a steady increase in the market for the coming quarter. Thanks for watching I appreciate it!

[@jaymuzquiz2942]

@@Mysticmountainforge Do you think my bed frames looking like that twisted metal at the recyclers right before that huge crane dumps it into the crusher may have something to do with it?

[@mike29717]

Could do without the music. Had to watch with sound turned off. But hey, to each his out right? Cool project though.

[@Mysticmountainforge]

That was one of my first videos, from an old channel, I don't do music in my new ones at all except for the reveal of a project usually, I appreciate you watching!