So I‘m taking a ceramics class and i was making brass knuckles for fun. After a while i decided just to go along with my piece and actually finish it. But I wanted to know can they break if i playfully punch someone with them. (keep in mind, I‘m NOT going to use them for fighting at all) Or will they break since its just clay?
If what you made is just dried and not fired, it is at it's most fragile and will have the least resistance when pressure is applied. It is in essence just dried mud and if tossed back into a bucket of wet clay will revert back to wet clay itself and can be reused. If you fire it once, it becomes bisque and at that point cannot be reclaimed as clay. This is a much firmer form but will still break like any other ceramic when sharp pressure is applied. You could glaze it and fire it again which would add to the hardening factor, but it would still be far more fragile than metal. Probably just playing around with them after they are finished will not break them, but if you treat them like they are glass they will probably last much longer. Considering that they are being used (gently) by the part of the human anatomy that generates the most controlled and effective smashing force (the fist), your greatest loss factor would be if they were dropped. Of course, if someone else fooled around with them, all bets are off. Have fun!
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Clay is likely to break. It can be reasonably sturdy. It also depends whether the clay properly vitrified or was fired too low for the kind of clay. If the clay has vitrified it is reasonably sturdy, but not unbreakable. Since I assume the brass knuckles aren't very thick in place they should survive a friendly tap, but not a real punch.
