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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: PeteDavis on June 02, 2009, 10:07:04 pm

Title: The Blue Ball Jar
Post by: PeteDavis on June 02, 2009, 10:07:04 pm

  ...a most unlikely source of knappable material...

   I told my neighbor I'd give him 2$ a pop for clean Blue jar bottoms with no concavity. He has delivered two so far. He has the time and likes to scrounge.

I layed stone for a solid 8 hours today...so please, go easy on me!

PD

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Title: Re: The Blue Ball Jar
Post by: ricktrojanowski on June 02, 2009, 10:11:20 pm

Very nice, that is a really pretty point.

Title: Re: The Blue Ball Jar
Post by: billy on June 02, 2009, 10:58:30 pm

that point just sent me a telepathic message....hmmmmm...ooohhh.....  OK!  It just told me it wants to spend the rest of its life on an arrow, and then shot thru the RIBS OF BAMBI!!

Title: Re: The Blue Ball Jar
Post by: cowboy on June 02, 2009, 11:11:05 pm

Pete, you've really taken up with this knappin thing. that's a beauty! as usuall :). Seems like just a few months ago you were struggling a tad and now your turning out pretties like this regularly. Another nice one ;).

Title: Re: The Blue Ball Jar
Post by: FlintWalker on June 02, 2009, 11:25:03 pm

Having cut my teeth (and hands) on glass. Besides bleach jugs, blue jars are my favorite glass to work. 
 That looks nice.  Don't underestimate the killing power of glass either.  Pappy drained a spike last fall with a syrup jar. 8)

Title: Re: The Blue Ball Jar
Post by: Timo on June 02, 2009, 11:38:08 pm

Well Pete after seeing pics of you mason work, I would never doubt that your knapping crafts would be any less? Very nicely done..

Glass makes me bleed to bad. ;)

Title: Re: The Blue Ball Jar
Post by: Pappy on June 03, 2009, 07:27:02 am

Very nice Pete.Beautiful points,look deadly. :) All they need is to be mounted on a shaft
to be complete. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: The Blue Ball Jar
Post by: DanaM on June 03, 2009, 07:30:09 am

Great lookin point, I like it :)

Title: Re: The Blue Ball Jar
Post by: Pahinh.Winh on June 03, 2009, 03:15:06 pm

Gorgeous points - form, color, proportion..  My ancestors would be most impressed.  Since these don't spend a lot of time in the animal, this isn't a big consideration, but I ask - has anyone else heard that the blue color is from lead in the glass?  Pilamiyaye / thanks.  Pahinh.Winh

Title: Re: The Blue Ball Jar
Post by: PeteDavis on June 03, 2009, 07:21:41 pm

I have read at the hoosier site, that "Ball Jar Blue" is the result of the particular sand used by the Ball company

PD

Title: Re: The Blue Ball Jar
Post by: jamie on June 03, 2009, 07:25:23 pm

thats a beauty

Title: Re: The Blue Ball Jar
Post by: stickbender on June 04, 2009, 09:43:07 pm

     Pahinh.Winh; Lead is usually used to make red color.  Used to be a lot of it in lipstick, makeup, etc.  Then they used cochineal for cloth, and lipstick and other cosmetics, and now they use something else. ;)

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