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glass knapping/pressure flaking

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Chippintuff:
Good knapping. Keep making jewels out of that trash. I started out on glass myself.

WA

Pat B:
Welcome back Tony. Good to see you around again.
 Nice knapping. I'm just getting started myself believe it or not.  I have used glass to pressure flake, mostly 1/4" plate glass from the glass company dumpster.

Marc St Louis:
Very nice Tony.  Even though I haven't seen it in awhile I still have that Obsidian/Deer Jaw knife you sent me years ago somewhere around

riverrat:
thats great Marc. thanks everyone. it is much more fragile than a lot of flint or chert out there. probly why its easier to work. i will tell ya though, if you can keep it thick enough it holds up pretty good. later , after i finish a bow and build some arrows. im going to put a arm load of them glass points through a torture test. i.e. buy a rib roast and shoot the thing several times in front of a hay bail to stop the arrows.thats my plan anyhow. Tony

son of massey:
I still work mostly with glass. MN requires metal heads, so knapped points are just a hobby in and of themselves as opposed to being 'useful'. In that situation buying flint and obsidian becomes harder to justify. Like Marc, I still have some of the stuff I got from you long ago. There is one arrow with a basalt point that has beautiful flaking you sent, I have never matched that level of workmanship. Hope to see you post more stuff to look at.

SOM

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