What type of clay/material for a hamon?

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I don’t need/want a perfect hamon.. also iv never done it before. Is there anything around the house that i can use for 1095 steel, without having to buy something.? Charcoal slurry, wall putty, i might have a little plistix powder, regular garden clay/mud?
 
Furnace cement works, if you've got it...

I just did a quick Google search for "hamon clay recipe" and the first thing to pop up said it's a 1:1:1 ratio of clay, powdered stone and charcoal.

All you really need is something that retains heat and doesn't pop off during the quench.

Lots of folks use a refractory clay like Satanite.
 
DevinT said:
You can buy a small amount of satanite for less than $10 and save yourself $100 worth of aggravation

It’s probably worth it.

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yeah this hobby/obsession is bleeding me. I made a promise not to buy a single thing more for a while.
 
Satanite is the best low cost clay. NuClayer is better ( but not all that much), but quite pricy.

Much more important than the clay is how it is applied and how the HT and quench are done.
 
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soft_cranberry said:
I don’t need/want a perfect hamon.. also iv never done it before. Is there anything around the house that i can use for 1095 steel, without having to buy something.? Charcoal slurry, wall putty, i might have a little plistix powder, regular garden clay/mud?
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The plistix would probably work.
 
Garden clay might work, but there will be a lot of testing there.
I would see if there's someone near you who has done some hamons in the past who would be willing to help and provide a knife worth of clay
 
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