Both workshops end the same way: you walk out holding a knife you forged yourself. But the steel is different, the process is different, and the skill being asked of you is different. Here's what actually separates the two, so you can pick the right one instead of guessing. What's identical between them is everything about the experience itself. It's hands-on the whole time, guided by an instructor at every step, working real steel with real tools. The difference isn't in how "premium" the...

Every railroad spike that ends up on our anvils has already worked a full career. Decades of holding steel rail to wooden ties. Freight trains, freezing Canadian winters, and the kind of constant vibration that would fatigue most metal into cracking. By the time one of these spikes gets pulled from service and lands in our shop, it's already proven itself. That's exactly why we chose it as the material for your first knife. A Spike With a Past Railroad spikes aren't manufactured for looks....