Here is a little side project I was working on while I have been making this https://www.furaffinity.net/view/62951323/ https://www.furaffinity.net/view/62970997/ WIP

The tool depicted here is a rivet heading tool that can be clamped in the vise and features a spring to allow it to open and close with the jaws of the vise.

It squeezes the shank of the rivet stock (in my case 11/64th" duplex nails) and allows the smith to upset a mass of material that will make up the head of the rivet. This can be done hot or cold as long as the metal has been annealed (softened via cooling very slowly).

This will allow me to make use of the multiple shanks of duplex nails that I accumulate from using the head as rivets when sawing them off.

The heading tool itself is made from two "HC" railroad spikes, the HC stands for "Higher Carbon". They do in fact have a higher amount of carbon than regular railroad spikes, but it is only enough to put in the category of "Medium Carbon" steel. The amount of carbon is between .30 - .40%, which is less than 1045 steel.

This may not be great for knives, but it is indeed good scrap for tools like this.



My Kodak camera died, unfortunately, so this will be the last post for a while until I get my hands on a new one.