silicosys4
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Hi,
I've got a project in mind. I am interested in trying to make or have made some knapped knife blades out of colored borosilicate glass.
Lampworking borosilicate glass is a hobby of mine and I'm thinking about making up a couple of "blanks" I guess you could call them.
I'm looking for someone who is knowledgeable in flintknapping to offer me some knowledge as far as what dimensions I need to look at for blanks.
From what I've seen it takes quiet a bit more material to start with that I'd have thought...a pretty large chunk of flint for a modest knife. I'm limited with my equipment to probably fist size blanks, maybe a little bigger.
I would basically select different colored glass, then use a torch to melt them together, achieving what I think would be anything from a "damascus" look to marbling, depending on the colors used and how much I work them and blend them.
Any experienced knappers want to take a blank or two on, see how it works for them, and provide some feedback? You can keep it, and the blade you make. I just want to know how feasible my idea is, and if there is any market potential for knapped glass knife blades with various colors and patterns.
I have a pretty good selection of colors to choose from, opaques and translucents, everything from loud crayon colors to dark greys, blues, and amber earthtones.
I'm interested in finding out such things as how the annealing of the glass affects the knapping, how different colors react to knapping, etc...
Here's the only example I could find online, that is made using a single color green opaque glass blade
Thanks
I've got a project in mind. I am interested in trying to make or have made some knapped knife blades out of colored borosilicate glass.
Lampworking borosilicate glass is a hobby of mine and I'm thinking about making up a couple of "blanks" I guess you could call them.
I'm looking for someone who is knowledgeable in flintknapping to offer me some knowledge as far as what dimensions I need to look at for blanks.
From what I've seen it takes quiet a bit more material to start with that I'd have thought...a pretty large chunk of flint for a modest knife. I'm limited with my equipment to probably fist size blanks, maybe a little bigger.
I would basically select different colored glass, then use a torch to melt them together, achieving what I think would be anything from a "damascus" look to marbling, depending on the colors used and how much I work them and blend them.
Any experienced knappers want to take a blank or two on, see how it works for them, and provide some feedback? You can keep it, and the blade you make. I just want to know how feasible my idea is, and if there is any market potential for knapped glass knife blades with various colors and patterns.
I have a pretty good selection of colors to choose from, opaques and translucents, everything from loud crayon colors to dark greys, blues, and amber earthtones.
I'm interested in finding out such things as how the annealing of the glass affects the knapping, how different colors react to knapping, etc...
Here's the only example I could find online, that is made using a single color green opaque glass blade
Thanks
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