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 ARCHIVED TOPIC: Sourcing Railroad Spikes


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SaltyPaws - Posted - 07/27/2026:  11:44:44


Anyone like to sell me 10 railroad spikes? Ebay sellers have them in lots of 250 for $15, Stew-Mac has 15 for $5, but want additional $13 to ship! It shouldn't be this complicated....
Thx!

Will Frady - Posted - 07/27/2026:  11:53:55


Banjo Ben has a pack of 12 for less than 6 bucks, but I’m not sure what shipping will be ? Shipping is through the roof on everything these days. Best of luck

cevant - Posted - 07/27/2026:  11:54:50


Search EBay for HO train spikes. You can get 100 for around $10



ebay.io/m/OW9MkV


Edited by - cevant on 07/27/2026 11:58:34

RB-1 - Posted - 07/27/2026:  12:14:06


quote:

Originally posted by cevant

Search EBay for HO train spikes. You can get 100 for around $10



ebay.io/m/OW9MkV






Did you notice the picture with that ad?



It says 'N Scale Track Spikes'



These will be too small, even for a mandolin banjo....wink



You'll need hO Scale laugh But beware, the hO scale ones from model power (nr. 245), are not with the tiny hooks heads, but round, flat head spikes, so useless for our goal.... 




Edited by - RB-1 on 07/27/2026 12:24:19

RioStat - Posted - 07/27/2026:  12:25:23


Ebay capo spikes.....



Banjo 5th string spikes

SaltyPaws - Posted - 07/27/2026:  12:28:00


@riostat
That's the ticket!

steve davis - Posted - 07/27/2026:  12:52:06


I got 100 railroad spikes about 40 years ago at a local hobby store that sold electric trains.
I think I paid something like $12 dollars for all of them.

Bob Smakula - Posted - 07/27/2026:  13:12:45


quote:

Originally posted by SaltyPaws

Anyone like to sell me 10 railroad spikes? Ebay sellers have them in lots of 250 for $15, Stew-Mac has 15 for $5, but want additional $13 to ship! It shouldn't be this complicated....

Thx!






I sell packs of 10 railroad spikes for $1. But the way my website is set up I have flat rate shipping and it makes no sense to spend $7 to $9 in postage for a $1 order.



Send me a direct message and I'll share my work-around for the high postage to merchandise cost ratio. 



Bob Smakula



smakulafrettedinstruments.com

mrphysics55 - Posted - 07/27/2026:  17:14:47


Buying them by the hundreds would cover all the bases!

TnFrosty - Posted - 07/27/2026:  21:57:19


quote:

Originally posted by Bob Smakula

quote:

Originally posted by SaltyPaws

Anyone like to sell me 10 railroad spikes? Ebay sellers have them in lots of 250 for $15, Stew-Mac has 15 for $5, but want additional $13 to ship! It shouldn't be this complicated....

Thx!






I sell packs of 10 railroad spikes for $1. But the way my website is set up I have flat rate shipping and it makes no sense to spend $7 to $9 in postage for a $1 order.



Send me a direct message and I'll share my work-around for the high postage to merchandise cost ratio. 



Bob Smakula



smakulafrettedinstruments.com






This is way to go - I purchased mine from Bob

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