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By: dobybowers. on 27 Jan 12, 15:19:27
Another way to get the bottom out? is to score it with a class cutter, just above the base. Then alternate cold/hot water and the bottom will fall off.
By: TheCaryeHoy. on 24 Jan 12, 20:47:56
Your a pro however i did not learn crap from Eddie wish he would have slowed down and shown us what he was doing ...Nice? video
By: DaveWreckingCrew. on 24 Jan 12, 05:26:48
@practicalprimitive I don't remember anymore.? I ran out of bottles to practice with... I'll get to work on a stockpile soon.
By: practicalprimitive. on 23 Jan 12, 19:44:53
@DaveWreckingCrew D'oh! Sorry to hear that Dave. Sounds like you were a victim of what's called "overstrike", meaning you hit your rectangle too far into the glass. You need to strike PRECISELY on the VERY EDGE? of your piece with the VERY TIP of your billet. Check our our Popsicle Stick Drill videos (both # 1 #2) to learn easy exercises that will build up your accuracy. Remember, flintknapping is the art of trying to just barely miss the edge of your piece, and failing. :-)
By: practicalprimitive. on 23 Jan 12, 19:40:10
@RF71719 Thanks for? the suggestion Rob, we'll try to incorporate that idea into future videos.
By: practicalprimitive. on 23 Jan 12, 19:39:24
@MrGeary08 Hmmm, sounds like overstrike to me. You're hitting the piece to far into the glass, not on the platform at the edge of your piece. Glass doesn't? tolerate any overstrike at all, which is one reason it's such a good material to learn on. Remember, you're striking the VERY EDGE of the glass with the VERY TIP of your billet. Check out our Popsicle Stick Drill #1 and #2 to help with your accuracy. Practice those regularly and I guarantee you'll start to get better results!
By: practicalprimitive. on 23 Jan 12, 19:34:26
@dobybowers Cool! Haven't seen that before -- great use of material. But why throw away the bottom? Just gives you another? point to play with!
By: practicalprimitive. on 23 Jan 12, 19:33:25
If you choose to wear safety glasses I have no problem with that. More power to you I encourage you to do whatever makes you feel comfortable gets you out there knapping! But don't try? make me seem like an irresponsible newbie to the art. I know the dangers I know how to be safe. I don't judge you for choosing to wear glasses ask that you do not judge me for choosing not to. Lastly, I do teach this for a living. I think that makes me one of those "pro's"...
By: practicalprimitive. on 23 Jan 12, 19:22:43
While I appreciate your concern, I happen to personally know a? lot of those pro's you referred to not a single one of them wears safety glasses. These are the big guys btw, who get paid 3, 4 5 figures for their work. Keep your lap pad CLEAN, strike DELIBERATELY hold your piece so you trap your flake. By doing exactly that I've never gotten anything in my eye but if I did, I know how to easily safely dislodge it myself, just like our ancestors did before safety glasses existed
By: SignedSign. on 20 Jan 12, 12:08:22
Do it like the pro's and use safety goggles.. one tiny piece of glass in your eye can? ruin your eyesight for good and they are virtually impossible to get out on your own and usually requirer a doctors assistance to get it out
By: dobybowers. on 29 Dec 11, 15:13:26
Great job on the video! Tip: Find a? large wine bottle and cut the bottom out with a glass cutter. Then cut the bottle long wise into stips, maybe 1" wide (it's easier to cut than you might think). Throw the bottom away! You can make 15- 20 arrowheads from the glass sides AND it's much easier to get rid of the concave shape of a narrow object! Don..
By: ZenakuShinobi. on 14 Dec 11, 09:57:24
if preparation for glass arrows took that long? in GW...........you'd be one dead Ranger.
By: AwwwMuffinz. on 06 Dec 11, 10:29:18
Just? made a website, we sell hand crafted ANYTHING. Custom orders or pre-made bases of glass, for now. check us out! twoknappers.weebly.com
By: mojototal. on 12 Nov 11, 18:25:32
I will raid said recyclables and? make it a quest! Find glass bottles: 0/10 Rewards: Some arrow heads 1000 Flintknapping experience.
By: rolsonmail. on 12 Nov 11, 14:53:22
Excellent techniques used here! I've knapped arrowheads from the bottom of crown royal whiskey bottles and from glass computer monitors! Love your? video!
By: MrGeary08. on 07 Nov 11, 23:29:09
I don't know what I'm doing wrong but in the last 3 days I've gone through? at least 20 bottle bottoms and they always break in half :(
By: MrFlavum. on 07 Nov 11, 13:45:40
Great video,? thx!
By: WhiteThrash89. on 05 Nov 11, 03:01:56
I think I'm in love! . . . Great technique and finished product. And from free recycleable material.?
By: duriandan1. on 09 Oct 11, 19:53:15
That? was amazing. I want to try.
By: skepticalthesensible. on 12 Sep 11, 05:22:54
is it sad that I think her way of getting the bottom? of the bottle was one of the coolest things I have ever seen :P
By: RF71719. on 04 Sep 11, 09:34:47
It would be helpful for some of us less visual folks if you established a top and bottom and displayed this information while instructing. ? Thanks. -Rob
By: DaveWreckingCrew. on 27 Aug 11, 22:17:41
@420 HOW? I tried to take "flakes" and in one? hit I smashed my "rectangle" into three large shards...
By: ALABAMAHEADHUNTER. on 23 Aug 11, 11:54:07
Cool video ! I enjoyed? it very much . Hope to see you soon making your own notches . You are the first Lady knapper I have evr seen .
By: practicalprimitive. on 11 Aug 11, 15:10:33
@jebus419 The length of the flake is entirely dependent on the angle? at which you are holding your piece, the angle at which you are striking, the force of your strike and strength of your platform. Hold your piece flat, strike STRAIGHT DOWN using a "Popsicle Stick breaking strike" (check out our "Popsicle Stick Drill #1 to learn this) and be sure to really abrade your platforms. Most new knappers don't abrade nearly enough. Have fun!
By: practicalprimitive. on 11 Aug 11, 14:42:24
@master3573 Remember, in order to reduce the convexity and make the bottle bottom flat your flakes have to travel AT LEAST to the half way point of the piece. If they aren't going that far then it will never get flat. Check your holding angle, and be sure you are using a "popsicle stick breaking" strike.? (See our "Popsicle Stick Drill #1" video to learn this invaluable technique!) If you are striking too soft, as most new knappers do, your flakes will never travel far enough. Good luck!