Knifemaking - Making a Tanto Part 3 - Preparing for Heat treatment

[@knivesstuff]

Great job! I tried a hamon but it always fails because the clay crumbles of too early. I will have to make some new clay.

[@jkr3008]

Hi. What kind of clay you use for making hamon?

[@PKBladesmith]

+jkr3008 I don't know exactly how to translate it, but it is used to fill gaps in fireplaces, based on sillicon, resistant to 1250 Celcius degrees.

[@jkr3008]

Thanks a lot!

[@knivesstuff]

Great job! I tried a hamon but it always fails because the clay crumbles of too early. I will have to make some new clay.