What material for custom bucking spikes?

[Redfin]

Cut em out of old circle sawmill blades, if ya want em tough...

Ive used 8" circular saw blades also.

 

[panteliss]

Building some dual dogs for one of my saws, and I'm just wondering what material I should use? Thanks

HARDOX
the most strong dificult for drill it and work it but no bends no nothing another good one is the DOMEX or if you know how to harden then go for softer materials

 

[CR888]

One thing that surprised me as I tear into a near 70 year old Stihl Contra Lightning that has most of the exterior paint worn off and has been put to good use in its time is its felling dawgs. They have near all the deep red paint worn off and have had a huge service life but the points on them are like they were cut from the factory yesterday. They must have used high qulity steel on those spikes, I have seen nothing like it on any other saw. I think its overkill and not that necessary but its what you get on them ol saws, they were built with such craftsmanship.

 

[GPX433Todd]

17-4 Pre-hard stainless. 36ish on the Rockwell C scale. You ain't bending 'em. You ain't scratching 'em. You ain't rusting 'em. Doubting there's a better suited material for dawgs out there.

 

[Al Smith]

You could probably make them out of 10 gauge sheet metal and never know the difference .Kind of like a wedge with a knife edge on a log splitter .Some people get the bright idea it has to be made of hardened tool steel ,it doesn't --unless you are splitting channel iron .

 

[dall]

stainless is heavier per square foot but 1/8th inch id think would be good but old saw mill blades would be the best

 

[Agent Orange]

Titanium, what else!

 

[Jughead]

Titanium, what else!

piltz super steel.harder than any wedding stiffy that ever happened.

 

[panteliss]

TITANIUM ???????????

I dont know what will cost more the chainsaw or the spikes