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twosheds

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Beer bottle knappin
« on: January 09, 2009, 12:13:59 pm »
I have a quick question?

What is the best brand of beer to buy for the bottles? I've looked and don't see any that look that thick to knapp. Tripper
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Re: Beer bottle knappin
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2009, 12:24:00 pm »
Tripper,

Usually the larger bottles like the 32 and 40-ounce size have larger, thicker bottoms.  If you can find an old abandoned house site you can also find discarded cider and moonshine bottles with large, thick, flat bottoms.  I would search some local recycling centers and search thru the bottle dumpsters.  I've found some nice bottles there and made some cool points out of them.  Just be careful cause there's usually a lot of broken shards and you can get bad cuts if ya aren't careful.
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Re: Beer bottle knappin
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2009, 12:42:02 pm »
Like Billy said, it's the bottoms that you want to knap. Look for bottles with flatter bottoms. Bud and Bud Light are some of the flatter 12 oz. bottles. Just drop a few 16-penny nails in a bottle, point down, put your thumb over the top and shake it up and down. The bottom will usually pop off pretty clean.
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Re: Beer bottle knappin
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2009, 04:53:20 pm »
Quote from: Hillbilly on January 09, 2009, 12:42:02 pm
Like Billy said, it's the bottoms that you want to knap. Look for bottles with flatter bottoms. Bud and Bud Light are some of the flatter 12 oz. bottles. Just drop a few 16-penny nails in a bottle, point down, put your thumb over the top and shake it up and down. The bottom will usually pop off pretty clean.
Thats some dang good info who woulda thunk it.Ron
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Re: Beer bottle knappin
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2009, 05:50:14 pm »
Milk bottles work too,and the round glass turntable thingy out of microwaves works good too.I also go to second hand stores to look for glass plates and pyrex items also.
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Re: Beer bottle knappin
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2009, 05:51:01 pm »
I don't even want to know how you figured that out Steve. I've seen you drink. :o  ;D
   Dumpster behind your local glass company is a good place to get knapping materials.    
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Re: Beer bottle knappin
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2009, 05:59:12 pm »
That is pretty interesting Steve ;D. I've seen em filled with water to the rim then hit with the heel of the hand to pop the bottom off - I tried it but didn't work and kinda hurt.
 tripper: If you can find any old junk pile or dump of some kind, there should be plenty of thick glass in there. Old TV picture tubes work great. 
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Re: Beer bottle knappin
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2009, 06:12:17 pm »
what is a 16 penny nail????   can anybody show me a pick of this 16 penny nail????

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Re: Beer bottle knappin
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2009, 06:31:27 pm »
Shooter, it's just a common size of framing nail-about 3 1/2" long. It'll say 16d on the box. Other sizes will work as long as they're not too big or tiny.
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Re: Beer bottle knappin
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2009, 08:32:02 pm »
Thanks for all the great info fellas.

I'm going to the glass company here in KC tomorrow.
I'm just starting and I tried several different beer bottles that were rounded and very thin.

Again, thank you, Tripper
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Re: Beer bottle knappin
« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2009, 04:56:51 pm »
Careful bout bustin them old bottles before you do a little research, some of them could put your kids thru college! ;)....Brian
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Re: Beer bottle knappin
« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2009, 05:32:01 pm »

Steve, I think you need to start a thread about cool primitive stuff you know about that most of us don't!  ;D
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Re: Beer bottle knappin
« Reply #12 on: January 14, 2009, 06:49:56 pm »
Good idea GregB!  Uh....which one is Steve? ;D

In the spirit of sharing cool primitive stuff...I was given this link when was looking for large glass slabs for knapping:

http://        www.kentuckyknappers.com        /nelb.html
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Re: Beer bottle knappin
« Reply #13 on: January 16, 2009, 10:34:17 am »
I volunteer to drink the beer,as long as it ant[ Bud Light.]  :P before you break the bottoms out of them.  ;)
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Re: Beer bottle knappin
« Reply #14 on: January 21, 2009, 03:56:07 pm »
I'll second that Pappy!

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