bottles are not created equally.

[koan]

Those old Clorox bottles bring $10-$30 at auctions and flea markets round here.... I aint breakin em up, lol... I do have a couple glass 1gallon milk jugs i aint figured out the best way to break yet..5 thick usable side on them... Brian

[flungonin]

I used a nail once. Forget it. Now use a cheap glass cutter just to etch the glass and a hobbist torch t to go over the etch and that heat fractures all the way through. Sometimes the crack needs just a little tap to separate the glass. This technic works extremely well on square liquor bottles.

[mullet]

Those old Clorox bottles bring $10-$30 at auctions and flea markets round here.... I aint breakin em up, lol... I do have a couple glass 1gallon milk jugs i aint figured out the best way to break yet..5 thick usable side on them... Brian

No kidding? I've got a perfect 1 gallon bottle and know where there is a pick-up truck load more in a ravine in the woods near here.

[koan]

Lol.... Poeple go nuts over just about any colored glass...not sure why 

[JackCrafty]

Better pick 'em up, Eddie, before someone puts them on ebay and makes a tidy batch of cash.

[Thesquirrelslinger]

lets see...
#1- the nameless blue bottles I find hiking. very strong, easy to flake, and beautiful.
#2. Ale 8 bottles(green glass)-Not nearly as strong, but harder to flake and more durable.
#3-clear 4 sided glass wine or some other drink bottles(I don't care what b/c I don't drink it )- beautiful for knives, and really sharp... flakes very well!

I can get an almost unlimited amount of bottle bottoms from hiking and my neighbor(he makes beer, and gives me his reject bottles)- flatter bottoms aren't always better IMO.

[bubby]

brandy bottles work good too, but don't get near my growler , $3.00 refills at the brewery

[Loneviking]

Flungonin, when you say hobbyist torch do you mean the small Butane torches? Or the bigger propane ones? Or something else? You're method sounds better than the nails I've been working with!

[flungonin]

The small Butane torch. I have used the other butane bottle that Wal-Mart sells that is used on caming stoves. Either of the butane torches works. Just put the flame on the etched glass and follow the etch.

[Ed Brooks]

Have you guys tried to cut the bottle with string and fire? I have never tried this I just watched this one. Ed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUk1M1wQsns

[sleek]

Or how about the bar trick where you have beer ( water please ) in the bottle almost full, then slam your palm forcefully onto the mouth opening. That sends a pressure wave to the bottom where it just pops off clean as can be.

[BOWMAN53]

Or how about the bar trick where you have beer ( water please ) in the bottle almost full, then slam your palm forcefully onto the mouth opening. That sends a pressure wave to the bottom where it just pops off clean as can be.

i havent tried that one before, ill give it a try.

[bubby]

 have a lot of luck with a nail on bigger bottles I use a small lag bolt, I put the bottle in a plastic bag so when the bottom pops off it doesn't hit the ground, didn't take long to figure that out , bub

[sleek]

http://youtu.be/X-hBMyaigqI


The bar trick I was referring too...

[mullet]

My diamond saw cuts them like butter.