Supplies and resources

Supplies

Railroad spikes (bulk, 0.93/unit)

https://www.amazon.com/US-Rail-75-Railroad-Spikes/dp/B019UNHSN4/ref=pd_cp_200_2?pd_rd_w=bkAEP&pf_rd_p=ef4dc990-a9ca-4945-ae0b-f8d549198ed6&pf_rd_r=DS08BF11ZQVTN8NE3PW3&pd_rd_r=37fe3cef-80a0-46aa-92dc-ee9c487ac6b0&pd_rd_wg=1NfRP&pd_rd_i=B019UNHSN4&psc=1&refRID=DS08BF11ZQVTN8NE3PW3

O1 Tool Steel Sheet

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FMYG2G/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=stormthecastl-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000FMYG2G

Rebar ( 16pk, $1.75/unit)

https://www.amazon.com/Pinnacle-Mercantile-Ground-Anchor-Stakes/dp/B07Q6ZF35L/ref=pd_sbs_86_2/137-3526639-1037462?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07Q6ZF35L&pd_rd_r=d96baa3b-880f-483f-9559-8a6f8467ff38&pd_rd_w=Bkuih&pd_rd_wg=UJp0J&pf_rd_p=1c11b7ff-9ffb-4ba6-8036-be1b0afa79bb&pf_rd_r=730BCA73G2T3WY9GSV2J&psc=1&refRID=730BCA73G2T3WY9GSV2J

Resources

http://www.stormthecastle.com/blacksmithing/

What is Annealing/Normalizing

http://www.stormthecastle.com/blacksmithing/what-is-annealing-normalizing-and-how-do-you-do-it.htm

http://www.stormthecastle.com/blacksmithing/images/colors-of-steel-thumb.jpg

The rebar is 2X the price of buying locally at Lowe’s ($2.48 for 4 ft —> $0.62/ft). Personally I don’t typically use rebar for Blacksmithing: it’s kind of mystery steel and too variable in hardness.

The O1 steel is probably good for stock-removal knife-making purposes, but buying precision ground steel just to heat, beat, and repeat (eg blacksmithing) is probably not warranted. Hot-rolled non-annealed is fine for Blacksmithing.

$0.93 per railroad spike is not a bad price. $1/spike is common at flea markets and Amazon is certainly more convenient (assuming you need 75 of them).

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HAHAHA - Would love to see the mailman’s face when he carries that USPS Medium Priority Mail Flat Rate box that weighs about 50 pounds.

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Mine at least simply won’t. They’d make me go to the PO to pick it up

I traded a small box of towing cable for a small box of sucker rod, rasp pieces, and some other bits with a fellow blacksmith.

A medium box would be surprisingly heavy.