Joe's rail spike hook - Hook of the Week Double feature - #41

[@Mud-diver3139]

My Sunday morning coffee is so much better with a hook video, tanks ......

[@johnnyvoodoo666]

Great idea for a blacksmith challenge, everyone make rail spile hooks and keep it noticeable as a RR spike

[@TMatt007]

Joe is a rock star.

[@kensmapleleafretirement]

Thanks for the great project, Joe and John. These will be fun TTYL...

[@skylord8625]

You’re the man John.

[@gurvinderkau1e5w18]

Great idea . New term learnt pooches👍👍👍

[@TheOldaz1]

The second part of you drawing out with the cross peen really hi-lights the process. Thanks John.

[@kyle3351]

Nice hook, Joe!

[@mtyson9004]

Cool ideas! Thanks for sharing and God Bless you sir!

[@richardbradley961]

NICE HOOK. REGARDS.

[@NeilGraham.I.M.F]

Nice hook! Joe and john. Its great 2 c that u take the time to look at, review, and rework one of your viewers hooks. It speaks to your character very well

[@stephenpadilla4086]

You have inspired me to create a RR spike hook that is especially designed for western hats (and other large brims) using a horseshoe as well!!

[@richardsolomon8076]

Gr8 job John and Joe, a couple of very nice hookups

[@kensmapleleafretirement]

Great project. Step by step all the way. Thank you for showing us..

[@deo53]

You are my favorite Blacksmith. Thanks

[@SuperJaXXas]

Thank you John for featuring my hook, you make it look easy! I spend a least the length of the video drawing it out using a hydraulic press! It is a fairly new looking spike but it came from a box of rusty old spikes I got off of Ebay. I definitely need to work on rounding out the scroll.

[@BlackBearForge]

It was a new idea and was glad to be able to share

[@mikecsokuly7992]

Joe Cross love the hook! so glad it was reviewed by john I am gonna use your design and make a set of four. And I am mounting it to some old barn wood can’t wait to get out to the shop tomorrow.

[@danp3796]

Great hook Joe. I know what you mean by John making it look easy. I am also a beginner and have spent 3 hours just making a spike letter opener. Someday we'll be able to forge things faster but until then the fun is in seeing something change into something else (for me at least). Happy forging!

[@SuperJaXXas]

@@mikecsokuly7992 Thanks Mike! I originally made a set of 5 and mounted them on a live edge black walnut slab for a Christmas present. I hope they turn out well for you, they can be a bit frustrating making them look similar!

[@SuperJaXXas]

@@danp3796 Thanks Dan, you too!

[@billygildark4565]

Nice hook Joe! What a honor to see the master remake it!

[@mikes1345]

I haven't finished the hook of the week series so naturally you double up on me. Between the twist and tools videos I easily get distracted.

[@BlackBearForge]

Luckily there is plenty of time to go back and watch the ones you've missed

[@grubguy18]

Thanks john! I love how you encourage everyone to use our own imaginations. Your videos have inspired me to think outside the box and be confident with my own work. Thanks

[@54jake451]

Hi John, as I was watching you punch the mounting holes the thought crossed my mind to just make the top screw hole. Then in the second position put a pin in the back of the hook that would serve to stop the hook from turning on the screw. The pin would only have to stick out 1/2" to 3/4".

[@BlackBearForge]

As long as it doesn't need the strength or two fasteners that would work well

[@oljames1687]

..Hot Diggity Dawg, a 2-fer!!! Great idea Joe. Thanks John for the demonstration also...!!

[@elmermainville4429]

Double double... that was good!! Thanks sir!!

[@douglasfathers4848]

Good job on the hook Joe .about the scroll just rewatch Johns video on making the hook it's all there he is a great teacher

[@Res375]

Thank you Joe for sharing your hook and Thank you John for sharing how you might replicate it.

[@johnjude2685]

Hook of # 40 was great

[@Whipple1]

Kudos to Joe! Thank you John!

[@y-notforge8913]

..Thanks Joe & John for this Hook/Spike project!!! i like it...!!

[@ga5743]

Thanks for the double header.....enjoyed them both. For some reason you always get me to crack up with your “pooch out”

[@hannemannironworks1651]

2 great hooks in a double feature I like it!

[@marty01957]

Two great videos, two great ideas! Thanks for doubling our viewing pleasure, love the hook of the week! Glad your back is feeling better.

[@obh7762]

Thanks for the double feature today John! I really liked the split back plate hook.

[@frankgaletzka8477]

Well Done i love your work Stay save and healthy Yours Frank

[@beni2094]

Sweet bonus! Couldn't be happier! THANKS

[@jae5446]

Good morning! Glad to see another Sunday morning video!

[@TufStockdogs]

The second part is just as awesome as the first part thank you very much buddy this will be my therapy for a couple days!!

[@jjppres]

Well done John! They both look good. He had a good idea to begin with. I like the hook design and like both hooks.

[@PaulFontaniniArtist]

Spikes are great in projects because they are recognisable.

[@henrycadorette472]

pooching i love that phrase

[@harrisgraves592]

You've said it your self "Size doesn't matter "

[@tobyjo57]

John both your and Joe's Hooks look great. However we Don't have Railroad Spikes here in UK we use Hexagon Bolts....And as you have so many projects using spikes I wondered how about making a spike from stock and then turning it into a hook of some kind ?. Thanks for all your intuative lessons. Toby

[@BlackBearForge]

I did do a video on making a mini spike a few years ago. But you could also adapt any number of things for similar effect.

[@brysonalden5414]

Welcome back, welcome back! Two HOTW's deserve two welcomes. Thanks to both you and Joe for the inspiration; between these two and the spike hook you did a few weeks ago I have some new ideas. And lots of RR spikes!

[@dragonstonegemironworkscra4740]

Caught me napping. Lololol. Didn't think about the 2 video bring linked together. That's why your the teacher and I'm not hahaha. Joe's hook us near and yours is also. Thanks for sharing and all your information and instruction 🙏 Blessings your way Crawford out ⚒️🧙‍♂️

[@johnjude2685]

As yet I haven't gotten hooked on the R R crave. Thank you Sir, for enlighten me as a Blacksmith w try to be .

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Hey John, really liked both of the videos today, thanks for sharing with us.

[@johnnymills9546]

I could see that as ad door handle, just reverse the top and bottom bends so that the spike head has the flair to the outside.

[@PogyForge]

Duplication of a finished product is often the hardest thing in blacksmithing lol.

[@BrianDaleNeeley]

I think I would have tried putting the fuller for the top half on the opposite side (the back of the hook), which would eliminate the bend from back (in my own opinion it looks a bit awkward, but that's only me, and others may see it as interesting). I think that may have been a better option for the shorter hook that John used, but I think they are both good hooks. These are certainly not criticisms, only the way I would have envisioned it (and with the benefit of seeing two other examples!). Sometimes (?often), we don't have a good idea on what we want until we have seen it, or done it, several times. But that's the great thing about blacksmithing; you can do the same project sometimes dozens of different ways, and none of them are "wrong". Some might be easier, or quicker, but not wrong.

[@BlackBearForge]

That would be an improvement.

[@SuperJaXXas]

Thanks, that sounds interesting, I'll have to try that!

[@mandolinman2006]

I do have an idea in my head I think would make for a pretty cool hook. Too bad I don't have the equipment and abilities, at this time, to pull it off. I think it would be pretty cool, though I'm not sure how to pull it off without adding a weld. Also, I think you could've gotten away with using one of those Viking stump anvils you made on this hook. I did notice that, at the end, it looks like his hook was a bit thicker in the center section. So I think you were on to something in saying his had more material to work with.

[@johnjude2685]

Ok drywall screws the square type is pretty good but Phillip I also can't look at long

[@BNSFGP38]

Joes spike is new and unused , you can tell by the embossing on the head. It usually is gone or partially gone by the time a hydraulic or pneumatic spiker hits it. If you don’t like yours I will take it. 😇

[@williamsultana3848]

Hi John

[@davidharr5349]

Bonus! Two different takes on a project.

[@maddash9070]

You know what I really appreciate about your channel? It’s grown so much but hasn’t changed. No crazy music. No crazy camera shots. Just work and knowledge here. First time I hear big band music on here I’ll leave. Lol. Just kidding.

[@BlackBearForge]

There are times I add music and have fun with different camera shots. But you probably won't here big band music, hip hop or techno.

[@maddash9070]

Black Bear Forge is imagine not sir.

[@hayward434]

Nice new apron. Don't burn this one up with the grinder.

[@canuckloyalist4681]

Your parents then went to "play bridge"...do you still believe this now that you are an adult? LOL!!

[@BlackBearForge]

Yep, They had the trophy's and awards to prove it. They were very serious life long bridge players.

[@canuckloyalist4681]

@@BlackBearForge Ok so it wasn't a cover up......most of the time anyway!

[@eddiesblacksmithingkjv9185]

Turn the scroll the other way and u would have an upper and lower hook.

[@bc65925]

Would call that a 4 or 5 pooch?

[@jimmyjackjumpup6765]

Blacksmithing term? I thought a pooch was a dog.