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Offline skyarrow

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Re: Platinum bottles make great looking points!!
« Reply #15 on: May 21, 2012, 03:22:45 pm »
Well Done love the blue I really don't like the tast of The beer but The bottles are a nice color iv been saving some old 7up bottles from the 70s big green and flat bottoms once I get better and knapping il definitely post some nice green points :)
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Re: Platinum bottles make great looking points!!
« Reply #16 on: August 01, 2012, 05:10:56 pm »
Saw one of them platinum beer bottles beside the road, Eeeerrrccchhhhhhh............Thought I oughta make good my vow to try making a point, And...do my part for "Recycling"  Very concave bottom,but enough for a small point.  '  Frank
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Re: Platinum bottles make great looking points!!
« Reply #17 on: August 01, 2012, 06:57:52 pm »
Nicely done :) they are very concaved I started using paleomanjim's style of taking it out he manages to get the most out of the glass here is a YouTube link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOLJ4V1QGwY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Re: Platinum bottles make great looking points!!
« Reply #18 on: August 01, 2012, 10:36:33 pm »
Yay Frank 8) I LOVE the blue!!!  You did much better than I ever have though ;)
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Re: Platinum bottles make great looking points!!
« Reply #19 on: August 02, 2012, 04:07:15 pm »
Glad you like'. The color is fabulous  '  Frank
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Re: Platinum bottles make great looking points!!
« Reply #20 on: August 02, 2012, 08:35:06 pm »
Old Noxzema jars were a nice shade of blue.  My wife suggested I try to knap a point out of one a few years ago but we could never find one big enough or intact.  We even asked an old bottle collector if he would save some if he found any and he said he would but he never did
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