08-07-2016, 09:12 AM
First of all Welcome, this probably isnt the place to put this... so I would request a MOD move it too an appropriate section please...
Roman iron varies a good deal for example the huge hoard of iron nails from Inchtitchil, some 875,000 varying in size from 2.5-15 inches long, had a carbon content varying from 0.05 - 0.9%, 17 samples provided carbon contents of 0.02 - 0.64% from a beam from Cattarick made from forge welding several blooms weighing in total some 128 kg... I dont know how this compares with a modern US RR spikes though...
Personally I would use something I felt was appropiate for the job in hand...
Roman iron varies a good deal for example the huge hoard of iron nails from Inchtitchil, some 875,000 varying in size from 2.5-15 inches long, had a carbon content varying from 0.05 - 0.9%, 17 samples provided carbon contents of 0.02 - 0.64% from a beam from Cattarick made from forge welding several blooms weighing in total some 128 kg... I dont know how this compares with a modern US RR spikes though...
Personally I would use something I felt was appropiate for the job in hand...
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867