Ceramic kilt pins/buckles anyone?

[Bugbear]

Na, the tea pots and that kind of ceramics are mostly alumina and silica that are fused together, and most of those are at 1700 degrees F, low fire or cone 06. A lot of the art type ceramic pieces are high fire cone 9 or 10, somewhere around 2500 F. Either are hard, but fairly brittle. I don't really know what they use in the ceramic knives, but I am sure it is not regular tea pot clay.

I have fused pieces of nickle and copper into high fire ceramic slabs while they were being glaze fired, but that is not easy to control; the metal just ends up in blobs in the ceramic.

All that being said, this thread has got me thinking about the ceramic cantles again. Perhaps metal overlays or something like that could be used on a ceramic cantle...

[Chas]

Na, the tea pots and that kind of ceramics are mostly alumina and silica that are fused together, and most of those are at 1700 degrees F, low fire or cone 06. A lot of the art type ceramic pieces are high fire cone 9 or 10, somewhere around 2500 F. Either are hard, but fairly brittle. I don't really know what they use in the ceramic knives, but I am sure it is not regular tea pot clay.

I have fused pieces of nickle and copper into high fire ceramic slabs while they were being glaze fired, but that is not easy to control; the metal just ends up in blobs in the ceramic.

All that being said, this thread has got me thinking about the ceramic cantles again. Perhaps metal overlays or something like that could be used on a ceramic cantle...

Ted - I think you should follow this up. I seem to remember this coming up in a thread not so long ago (might even have been a thread of yours). I can remember mentioning the possibility of a wooden cantle, but that was soundly beaten down by the general public. All we heard was metal, metal, metal. But, I keep seeing great sporrans with leather cantles - McMurdo has one. If it can be done with leather, then I am sure that it can be done with other materials.

You obviously have the knowledge; if you have the facilities as well - go for it. I think that traditional kilting could do with some innovation and ceramic cantles could be the start.

Regards

Chas