Marko Tsourkan
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Where do you guys get your satanite?
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Pottery supply store here in Seattle. How much do you need? If you can't get any around your place, let me know and I'll send you some.
-M
I was wondering about the name satanite.
Skinny W2 - I knew it!
Yes, custom rolled W2 (.125), but double the price of a regular thickness stock (.25") unfortunately. Saved myself a lot of time grinding and normalizing.
Meeting Aldo was fun. If he comes to ECG, he can bring steel with him, if any of you guys need anything.
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BAHH, you should get it in 2 1/2" round bar like me, it's so much more versatile.
You should do some WIP pics. I would keep a keen eye out for warpage...that's mighty thin steel you got there.
Round Bar.....sheesh....
It's going to be months (at best) before I have anything to show. Not very keen on WIP, as I find stopping and taking pictures disruptive.
M
I can hang around your shop and drink beers while taking pictures if you find that a more elegant solution
I am very interested in going to the East Coast Gathering. If someone could fill me in I'd love to come.
Hey Guys, was just reading about Markos Great Adventure to New Jersey Marko, it was nice to have you.
Butch,and anyone else interested, there is plenty of 3/32 W-2 to be had. I ran about the same weight on all the sizes under 1/4" and 3/32,being the thinnest yielded the most(and cost the most!). Hand rolling is about the only option we had for the thinner stock. I didn't think so many would be interested in using it for cutlery and folders.
I am very interested in going to the East Coast Gathering. If someone could fill me in I'd love to come.
This is a quote from Kevin Cashen. I thought Marko might be interested in what it has to say. I will bring some samples of this material for anyone who wants to give it a try. I don't sell it. I get it at the Heating $ Air Conditioning Supply House 2 doors down from the shop. I use this material to coat the inside of my Forges as well. It is rated to 3000 degrees.
"the American katana makers whose work impressed me the most all like furnace cement, it is convenient, easy to work with, readily available and highly effective. I have done side by side tests with furnace cement and satanite and found adhesion and insulative ability in the furnace cement to be much more to my liking. Furnace cement ashi have given me and others very crisp and defined hamon activity. Whomever's advice you take be certain not to mix and match advice from water quenchers with oil quenchers. You will need slightly different clay application and temperatures depending on what you are quenching into. For water you will have to take the low side on the heat and apply the clay more, for oil you will go higher in temp and take it a little easier with the clay (e.g. no slurry washes, and keep ashi off the very edge)."
Hi Marko. Just sent you a jar of satanite. Let me know what you think of it compared to the furnace cement.
-M
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