Here is a tomahawk from a high carbon railroad spike.... I have heard a lot of stuff about railroad spikes not hardening..... but I did a number of normalizing steps and did a soak before I quenched and this thing is perfect I chopped 10 trees 2 inch diameter and the blade will still shave ????? Let me know what you think or what yalls experiences have been with hc stamped railroad spikes![F3CF4FF3-0526-4CDC-A3D8-F51A4AE8CE4D.jpeg F3CF4FF3-0526-4CDC-A3D8-F51A4AE8CE4D.jpeg](https://knifedogs.com/data/attachments/53/53020-ff22514a9e87a50696ab6d8fb33948a0.jpg)
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