Silver Sharpies

[cjweaver13]

Thought I'd pass this along. I accidently found silver Sharpies are a great layout tool. I used it to draw my outline on a piece of hardened steel. Cut the chunk off with my angle grinder and put it in the forge to anneal. Came back and even though the steel oxidized a little the sharpie outline was completely in tact and visible. I'm guessing it survived temperatures at least to 1600*. Noy sure what else you guys used. I've seen ervyrhint from layout paint, blue marker, chalk, spray paint over template etc... But I'll hunt for a few more silver Sharpies after seeing that. I'm happy for any other fun ideas too!

 

[kuraki]

I use silver welding pencils a lot.

 

[cjweaver13]

I use silver welding pencils a lot.

Never even payed attention to these in my shop. I'll have to grab some too

 

[golfer1]

I really like the silver welding pencils. What kind of sharpies did you use?

 

[cjweaver13]

I really like the silver welding pencils. What kind of sharpies did you use?

These plain old things. What surprised me was heat resistance. I'll also try the welding g pencils. For welding, and I only do mig right now, I use regular soapstone

https://www.amazon.com/Sharpie-Meta...ur2&tag=iphone0dce-20&linkId=OMBRYAX56M45VB35

 

[kuraki]

The silver pencil is easier to see under a welding hood.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I use the white metal markers. The titanium oxide colorant survives even stainless HT. I label the blades with metal type and any other info so I can ID them post HT.