Ceramic kilt pins/buckles anyone?

[Chas]

I am quite sure that it must be possible. I am thinking of ceramic knife blades. They supposedly keep an edge thee times longer than steel and they don't rust, or should we say oxidise. Whichever, they keep their surface and edge. How they are made on the other hand, I have no idea. I think, you should pursue this skauwt and report back to us with your findings. There aren't many innovations in 'traditional' kilting, but this could be one. Good Hunting.

Regards

Chas

[bigdad1]

I am quite sure that it must be possible. I am thinking of ceramic knife blades. They supposedly keep an edge thee times longer than steel and they don't rust, or should we say oxidise. Whichever, they keep their surface and edge. How they are made on the other hand, I have no idea. I think, you should pursue this skauwt and report back to us with your findings. There aren't many innovations in 'traditional' kilting, but this could be one. Good Hunting.

Regards

Chas

The ceramic in knife blades is a totally different animal than traditional ceramics used in broaches and pins and cups and plates. It is a special mixture of clays and binders and is fired a very high temperatures in specialty kilns and then quench and treated and fired again. Even if you could set up to do all of that (expensive equipment) I'm not sure you could come up with items that were decorative along the lines of buckles and pins.

[Chas]

The ceramic in knife blades is a totally different animal than traditional ceramics used in broaches and pins and cups and plates. It is a special mixture of clays and binders and is fired a very high temperatures in specialty kilns and then quench and treated and fired again. Even if you could set up to do all of that (expensive equipment) I'm not sure you could come up with items that were decorative along the lines of buckles and pins.

Thanks for that bigdad. They were all the rage, here in the UK some time ago, but then disappeared off the shelves just as quickly. I thought that they couldn't be the same as an everyday teacup.

Regards

Chas