kuraki
Fimbulvetr Knifeworks
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I'd like to get into doing some lost wax casting of guards/fittings. I'm pretty familiar with the process, and casting in general having worked in an iron foundry and in aluminum die casting in the past. What I'm mainly wondering is what materials are feasible to cast in a small home foundry for our purposes?
I know brass, bronze are the most likely candidates. But is there another material that has similar physical properties, but isn't yellow? Aluminum is out. Silver is expensive. What else is there?
And if there isn't anything suitable, are there methods for coloring brass or bronze outside of forced patinas? Or could they be alloyed to change color?
I know brass, bronze are the most likely candidates. But is there another material that has similar physical properties, but isn't yellow? Aluminum is out. Silver is expensive. What else is there?
And if there isn't anything suitable, are there methods for coloring brass or bronze outside of forced patinas? Or could they be alloyed to change color?