Nail Header From A Rail Road Spike

[@stevemoore5053]

Interesting, thanks for the video. 👍

[@WatersIronworks]

Thanks for watching!

[@pjamestx]

You walked me through making one of these during an open forge night, and I've gotten a *ton* of use from it. Nails are such a great beginner project, they're one of the quickest things you can produce as a beginner blacksmith, and they're great practice for skills you'll use when making lots of other things. Not to mention the nails themselves are super useful, I've used a good dozen or so as simple hooks in my workshop, very satisfying to get use out of a simple project I made myself!

[@SchysCraftCo.]

Very nice job. Love watching and learning from your videos and other great blacksmiths. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge on. Keep making. God bless.

[@paulorchard7960]

Thanks Philip!

[@rayceely3910]

Nice clear comments . Well spoken.

[@WatersIronworks]

Thanks. I appreciate the feedback.

[@y-notforge8913]

..don't know how the heck i missed this sir, apologies. i used a tapered square punch on mine. Excellent video and instruction!!! got that bell thing on now by gum...

[@WatersIronworks]

I messed up on the uploads and accidentally had this one go live for about 5 minutes a week before it was supposed to. I think that kept it from hitting everyone's subscription notifications when it did go live.

[@poindexter1387]

Beginner Blacksmith and subscriber...love your videos. You always make it look easy. Love your swage block.any chance where you got it... Thanks for posting..🔥🔨

[@WatersIronworks]

I have 4 swage blocks currently. The two big ones are unknown maker and no longer being produced as far as I know. The smaller ones are from blacksmith depot and Jigoku forge out of Garland Texas. BSD: www.blacksmithsdepot.com/catalog/product/view/id/497/s/swage-block-20-lb/category/180/ Jigoku: m.facebook.com/jigokuforge/

[@poindexter1387]

@@WatersIronworks Thanks sooo much for the info.....the small ones is exactly what I was looking for.

[@billwoehl3051]

Is there any evidence that they forged something similar to a ring shanked nail?

[@WatersIronworks]

Not that I've ever seen. I would be pretty surprised if they did. It seems time consuming and expensive to make them by hand. Maybe someone cut some barbs on a nail but I also haven't seen evidence of that.

[@ericsprado4631]

The problem I always have with "next video" is HOW DO I FIND IT???