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Soda bottle glass for beginning knapping?
GregB:
If you really want to make a fine point from glass...I'd recommend using a wine bottle freshly emptied of a fine dry red wine such as Merlot or Cabernet Sauvignon...or a good red Zinfindel! That way the wine gods may assist your hands to strike just the right blows to yield a "fine" point...while enjoying the remaining aroma left from the wine. ;D
Sorry...must be cause it's Friday! ;)
Hillbilly:
Greg, the same theory holds true for a good vintage of Schlitz malt liquor. ;D ;D
Papa Matt:
I get my hammerstones from dentist or doctors offices after hours, which is still before dark, or on a Sunday, just walk right up and make your selection :D
~~Papa Matt
TRACY:
Alright, I really miss 16 oz GLASS bottles of pop! It just doesn't taste the same in plastic :P You can still get it in your favorite flavors at most Mexican grocery stores in the Midwest, only comes in 14 oz bottles. And the waste not of the vino is absolutely true Greg. Kinda like fishin out the toy in the cereal box before eating all of the cereal ;D
Tracy
Savate:
I'm going to don my black commando gear and face paint and slink around the neighborhood office park to "harvest" some good hammerstones. ;D
Are there instructions somewhere on how to mount the flaking point on a big stick thingee like I see in all the flintknapping pictures (I guess to get more leverage on the point?)
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