Clay coating for blades?

[Marlin01]

I have benn forging knives for a good while and wanted to try some new stuff. Were can I get this Satinite for clay quenching? Or the furnace cement if it works just the same. All I know is I can"t find it at Lowes. Marlin
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[Britt_Askew]

I just got some from hightemptools.com

 

[cbr900son]

http://www.knifeandgun.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=RS1

 

[melsdad]

http://www.knifeandgun.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=RS1

Yep, that is where I got mine.

 

[fast14riot]

I bought my furnace cement at a small ace hardware store. Check out the little hardware stores in old neighborhoods, they might have it.


-Xander

 

[Marlin01]

Thanks All for that information. I appreciate it, Marlin

 

[Atlas Knife Company]

Menards carries pint containers of 2700 degree refractory cement for $3.99. The knife I used it on has a slight hamon. Be forewarned, the most common problem is putting it on too thick. 1/8" is thick enough, and it's been advised to coat the whole blade with a thin coat to prevent HT decarb, scale, whatever. I didn't use it on any other knives because Matt Gregory was kind enough to give me a few ounces of satanite. The remainder of the cement was used to make my shop buddy, Jobu!

 

[Salem Straub]

Wow, great shop buddy.

Having used mostly Satanite, and then having tried Rutland's furnace cement, I wholeheartedly recommend the former- Rutland's wants to swell up and fall off your blade unless bone dry. And I find it harder to remove after the quench. Satanite can be put in the forge wet or dry (damp doesn't work as well) and comes off easily in my experience.