Hay rake teeth to flint strikers

[osage outlaw]

Nice work Kevin.  Thanks for posting it.  What kind of belt grinder do you use?  I would like to get a good one this summer.

[chamookman]

Thanks for sharing Kevin - really enjoyed it  ! Bob

[bjrogg]

Thanks Kevin very nice build. Looks like a good project for a beginner.
Bjrogg

[JEB]

I think a beginner like me can figure that out. Very nice How To and thanks Kevin

[bubby]

So Kevin you don't temper it after quench, that may have been my problem. I have this on my to do list now

[KHalverson]

So Kevin you don't temper it after quench, that may have been my problem. I have this on my to do list now

no temper needed .
u need the hardness.

[Stringman]

Took me about 45 mins to get my first steel finished. Thanks again Kevan!

[High-Desert]

Thanks for posting this, always wanted to try making a striker.

[KHalverson]

Took me about 45 mins to get my first steel finished. Thanks again Kevan!

good deal.
pretty soon you will be banging out 3-4 an hour.

[Hawkdancer]

Good how to build along!  Now all I need is a forge, an anvil, a pair of forging pliers, and finding my round tuit!  Oh, and some lessons in using the striker!
Hawkdancer

[Stoner]

Have you ever done a knife w/striker handle? Thanks John

[KHalverson]

Have you ever done a knife w/striker handle? Thanks John
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Yessir!!!

[JW_Halverson]

Have you ever done a knife w/striker handle? Thanks John

I have owned two of 'em. Nice in theory, but brittle in function.  Both broke handles off shortly after I received them.

[Stoner]

"I have owned two of 'em. Nice in theory, but brittle in function.  Both broke handles off shortly after I received them. "

Thanks for the reply. Thought it would be a neat idea to shave wood or magnesium then strike.

Was looking at some RR spike hawks & knives. I like the hawk you made, can't remember the thread. I was on a job site running parallel with the RR. picked up a bunch of spikes and found a small cut off of track & plate for an anvil.  John

[JW_Halverson]

If you are remembering the railroad spike tomahawk with the curly ash handle, I own it.  It matches the curly ash handled rifleman's knife he also made and I own.  And both match the curly ash stocked .69 caliber flintlock smoothbore that Jack Garner made and I own.

It's nothing if not the nicest set of woods gear I have ever seen.