[Archers] Tips was: Re: Safety advice on atal-atals andcrossbows

[Robyn Becker]

Collum showed us how to detatch the bottom of a beer bottle at Traditional Classic!  it was very cool.  I vagely remember him mentioning using it to make an arrowhead, but I was much too mesmerized by the idea of blowing out the bottom of a beer bottle with a penny!

 

Please tell us how it turns out!

 

reyne

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> From: cogworks at triad.rr.com
> To: ggg9y at virginia.edu; Archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 14:36:01 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Archers] Tips was: Re: Safety advice on atal-atals andcrossbows
> 
> Yes, I know. I've been scouring the flint knapping web sites for some
> time. The hardest part was getting really good material to flint knap.
> Now, as it turns out, my family is from Kahlifornia (Ahrnold way of
> saying it) and own a cabin in Mammoth Mountain which is on the Eastern
> side of the Siera Nevadas. Mammoth Mountain is in fact an extinct
> volcano and the place is loaded with obsideon. That's where Devils Post
> Pile is, if you've ever heard of that. So my siter, who lives in Los
> Angeles, has been sniping obsideon pieces for years and just happen to
> have several suitable pieces in her rock goarden when we visited last
> Christmas. Guess where those pieces are now? Yipper, NC. Now I just
> need to give it a try.
> 
> But along those lines, You Tube has a great video on how to flint knap
> glass. They start with how to remove the thick bottom of a bottle which
> is what you use to flint knap. That sounds very doable. If the point
> breaks now I have a reason to drink another beer! "But honey, I'm just
> repairing my atlatl darts." Think she'll go for it?
> 
> cog
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: archers-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> [mailto:archers-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of Garth G.
> Groff
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 1:01 PM
> To: Archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: Re: [Archers] Tips was: Re: Safety advice on atal-atals
> andcrossbows
> 
> 
> Lord Christophe and friends,
> 
> 3Rivers has some books, videos and other stuff on flint knapping.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> 
> Mungo
> 
> John Atkins wrote:
> > Just when you thought this whole atlatl dart topic had ended, check 
> > out these references with respect to the relationship between dart and
> 
> > point weight. From these articles it sounds as though the darts most 
> > of us are currently using are NOT delivering maximum performance from 
> > our "atlatl systems".
> >
> > Anyone up for learning flint knapping?
> >
> > Cog
> >
> > http://www.onagocag.com/atlatl1.html
> >
> > 
> 
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