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GlisGlis:
I'm a very poor knapper so I'm still grinding glass.
when i find a good bottle bottom I have the feeling that I could try to knap more than one point from it but usually break it badly when trying to split.
Today I tried to trace a diameter line and scratch it with a glass point (as you do with a diamond cutter) then placing a little elevation underneath and tappin with an hammerstone the line
It broke almost perfectly along the line.
no more waste !!

Zuma:
Where there is a will,  there is a way 8)
Zuma

GlisGlis:
I think it was worth the split
this is the point from the smaller half
looks like finally I'm getting the hang of this game

Zuma:
Lookin good :)
Zuma
BTW a glass cutter is cheap. Also you can use
the carbide teeth of a electric saw blade too.

GlisGlis:
thanks Zuma
the cutter seems too little 'primitive' to me.
here's the sister. I have to find the time to visit a place not far from me where i've been told is possible to retrive flint

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