Glass Arrow
+2
grendel
the barnacle
6 posters
Page 2 of 2
Page 2 of 2 • 1, 2
Re: Glass Arrow
[img][/img]I had an idea for a source of coloured glass a while ago, Stained glass! I found a supplies shop locally and was stunned by the variety of colours, even swirls of different colours. The only problem was it was all too thin! 3mm thick to be precise, but there was this one pane which was cast a little too thick and was reduced to £5 for a 12" x 12" x 5mm. yay!
After several tries to make a long Ishi/wintu/desert side notch arrowhead I have managed to make this one! the material is a little thin still, but it will work.
The folk at the stained glass shop said that you can have thicker glass cast to order (any colour) but it will cost about £20 per sheet.Hmmm....I'm tempted, that's a lot of arrowheads....
After several tries to make a long Ishi/wintu/desert side notch arrowhead I have managed to make this one! the material is a little thin still, but it will work.
The folk at the stained glass shop said that you can have thicker glass cast to order (any colour) but it will cost about £20 per sheet.Hmmm....I'm tempted, that's a lot of arrowheads....
mr.hertzian cone- Knap Meister
- Posts : 919
Join date : 2011-08-04
Location : Norfolk
Re: Glass Arrow
I'd just get the superglue out and not tell anyone about it
That is just too nice a point to waste.
That is just too nice a point to waste.
Re: Glass Arrow
The amount I've dropped and broken recently since leaving the UK and a carpeted floor, to an apartment with a tiled floor.
Re: Glass Arrow
ouch that break must of hurt, i think as said superglue is needed. super but of knapping.
the barnacle- Knap Meister
- Posts : 716
Join date : 2011-04-09
Location : staffordshire
Re: Glass Arrow
Grendel wrote:The amount I've dropped and broken recently since leaving the UK and a carpeted floor, to an apartment with a tiled floor.
You're going to have to fling an old towel down onto the tiles. It will give you something soft to aim at.
It also makes collecting up all the shards a bit easier.
Re: Glass Arrow
wow your good. thats a great bit of knapping.
the barnacle- Knap Meister
- Posts : 716
Join date : 2011-04-09
Location : staffordshire
Re: Glass Arrow
He he! It would be good to knap a big one. There's an Egyptian flint boomerang in the Ashmolean museum in Oxford, now that would be awesome to make...
mr.hertzian cone- Knap Meister
- Posts : 919
Join date : 2011-08-04
Location : Norfolk
Re: Glass Arrow
Always worth looking at glass first through polarizing lenses. This should reveal whether it will be amenable to knapping or not.
Re: Glass Arrow
I've not heard of this technique. On a camera a polarising filter make the glass appear transparent, but I wonder how would it help determine knappability?
Re: Glass Arrow
Manystones wrote:Always worth looking at glass first through polarizing lenses. This should reveal whether it will be amenable to knapping or not.
You whet my interest, could you explain the idea behind it working.
Page 2 of 2 • 1, 2
Similar topics
» Glass Slag
» Arrow making
» Arrow Head.
» British Barbed Arrow head.
» 5400 Year old Bow and Arrow Found
» Arrow making
» Arrow Head.
» British Barbed Arrow head.
» 5400 Year old Bow and Arrow Found
Page 2 of 2
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum