#photoOfTheDay is of a railroad spike bottle opener that I forged in my usual style, although there are many variations.

I think I've given away all of these that I've made except for the one I kept, but this one I sometimes think should have been the one I hung onto.

#photo #photography #blacksmithing #maker

@croyle
Veri nice! Do you treat it to a mirror finish first then twirl it or the reverse? If so how do you get such mirror finish when twirled? #noobquestion

@croyle
I have the answer to my first question it seems ^^

https://wandering.shop/@croyle/116285010041634437

David Croyle (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image #PhotoOfTheDay is of a hot railroad spike in the process of being twisted in a bench vise. Paper-thin forge scale from the surface has flaked off of some of the twisted section. This was one of my early spike twists, back when I was using the small engineering vise instead of a post vise, and the twisting had bent the spike which I had to straighten back out later. #photo #photography #blacksmithing

The Wandering Shop
@magnetic_tape I'm not sure that was the same spike, but the twist process is basically the same.