At one time I had some Kasinite, but since moving from Indiana to Northern NY State, I have no idea where it got to.

I only need a few ounces for doing screw heads and would gladly pay a few $$$ + shipping if anyone has any.

Get it from Track of the Wolf; they call it Tru Spark.
Eleven bucks.

Kasinite has not been made in a number of years now.

I had to start using Cherry Red, same as Kasinite, but do not enhale the smoke, will make your sinus's run.

J Wisner

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Originally posted by wildcat junkie:
At one time I had some Kasinite, but since moving from Indiana to Northern NY State, I have no idea where it got to.

I only need a few ounces for doing screw heads and would gladly pay a few $$$ + shipping if anyone has any.

I have a can of Kasinite, I could share some with you if you want. perhaps PM me with an address and wants
I have used Cherry Red and Kasinite and found I liked the Kasinite better.My be just a personal thing but had better color with Kasinite.

What the heck is it and what do you use it for?

It is a powder that imparts carbon into steel, so you can harden it. You heat the steel red/orange and dip it into the powder; it will stick to the steel. Heat again and it will melt onto the steel; quench in water and presto; the surface will be very hard. You can't harden steel without carbon in it.

Why are we re-inventing the wheel here ? All those old rifles like Mausers were made of low carbon steel which was then carburized so that the surface could be hardened .
Kasenite and others were a source of carbon and other things like Barium carbonate to help the diffusion of the carbon.
So receivers were case hardened ,lock work on things like S&W revolvers were case hardened .
Today things like Glocks are case hardened using carbon and nitrogen .
Metallurgy is fun !!

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Originally posted by dpcd:
Get it from Track of the Wolf; they call it Tru Spark.
Eleven bucks.

Hey thanks, that's what I am looking for, a small quantity.

Everyone else sells it by the pound and with shipping it will run me $40. I wouldn't use a pound in my lifetime.