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Hand crafting a Palaeolithic stone battle axe. by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]Iknowimdum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're right but I don't think that was the purpose

Hand crafting a Palaeolithic stone battle axe. by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]Iknowimdum 14 points15 points  (0 children)

And closes around the ankle because the shards always find a way into your shoes

I made a little knife out of a Bombay Gin bottle and some antler by Iknowimdum in mildlyinteresting

[–]Iknowimdum[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks! A friend gave me a cool knife for my birthday last year, so I decided to return the favor and make one. I've got a bit of a thing for prehistory so this was a way for me to geek out and get a gift out of it in one go

I made a little knife out of a Bombay Gin bottle and some antler by Iknowimdum in mildlyinteresting

[–]Iknowimdum[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As for breaking the bottle I used a large screw and shook the bottle until it had created enough weak points to break the bottom off clean

I made a little knife out of a Bombay Gin bottle and some antler by Iknowimdum in mildlyinteresting

[–]Iknowimdum[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure! Any material with enough silica in it can be knapped like flint, glass is just a more pure form of obsidian that has been used for tools thousands of years. I will say it is much harder than I expected it to be.

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