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Soda bottle glass for beginning knapping?

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Savate:
Great link JackCrafty!

Now, how do I make or get these things listed:

1 Hammerstone (is that just a hard rock to smash things with?)
1 Pressure Flaker
1 Notching tool
 ???

mullet:
  If you ever see any old Clorox Bleach bottles, they make some cool looking ,amber points. Also old Noxema Medicated Skin Cream bottles and new Skye Vodca bottles flake some nice blue points.

predatorcaller:
hey David! tell us how sharp it gets!  ;D its good stuff just find bottles with bottoms that are flat...and ive cut myself a few times also david no biggy

Pat B:
Armando, find a glass company and check out their dumpster. 1/4" plate glass works well.  In lots of restaurant landscaping there are excellent hammer stones. You don't want real hard rocks for hammer stones.  People that install copper gutters and down spouts use copper nails and spikes. These work well for pressure flakers and Ishi sticks. A fine pointed copper nail makes a good notching tool. You can also do all of your pressure flaking with antler and bone.      Pat

Otoe Bow:
You know Pat, I've been tempted to walk off with a rock or two from a resteraunt's front rock garden too.  The wife always scolds me and I put it down.   :-[

The gloves I started off with were the leather palmed mechanics gloves with the synthetic stretchy back for a good tight fit.  Now I just do it bare handed.  Cut my self tonight as a matter of fact.  No biggie.  It will heal.  ;D

Good luck and have fun.

Mike

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