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PeteDavis

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The Blue Ball Jar
« on: June 02, 2009, 10:07:04 pm »
  ...a most unlikely source of knappable material...

   I told my neighbor I'd give him 2$ a pop for clean Blue jar bottoms with no concavity. He has delivered two so far. He has the time and likes to scrounge.

I layed stone for a solid 8 hours today...so please, go easy on me!

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Offline ricktrojanowski

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Re: The Blue Ball Jar
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2009, 10:11:20 pm »
Very nice, that is a really pretty point.
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Offline billy

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Re: The Blue Ball Jar
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2009, 10:58:30 pm »
that point just sent me a telepathic message....hmmmmm...ooohhh.....  OK!  It just told me it wants to spend the rest of its life on an arrow, and then shot thru the RIBS OF BAMBI!!
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Offline cowboy

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Re: The Blue Ball Jar
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2009, 11:11:05 pm »
Pete, you've really taken up with this knappin thing. that's a beauty! as usuall :). Seems like just a few months ago you were struggling a tad and now your turning out pretties like this regularly. Another nice one ;).
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Offline FlintWalker

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Re: The Blue Ball Jar
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2009, 11:25:03 pm »
Having cut my teeth (and hands) on glass. Besides bleach jugs, blue jars are my favorite glass to work. 
 That looks nice.  Don't underestimate the killing power of glass either.  Pappy drained a spike last fall with a syrup jar. 8)
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Offline Timo

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Re: The Blue Ball Jar
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2009, 11:38:08 pm »
Well Pete after seeing pics of you mason work, I would never doubt that your knapping crafts would be any less? Very nicely done..

Glass makes me bleed to bad. ;)
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Re: The Blue Ball Jar
« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2009, 07:27:02 am »
Very nice Pete.Beautiful points,look deadly. :) All they need is to be mounted on a shaft
to be complete. :)
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Offline DanaM

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Re: The Blue Ball Jar
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2009, 07:30:09 am »
Great lookin point, I like it :)
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Pahinh.Winh

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Re: The Blue Ball Jar
« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2009, 03:15:06 pm »
Gorgeous points - form, color, proportion..  My ancestors would be most impressed.  Since these don't spend a lot of time in the animal, this isn't a big consideration, but I ask - has anyone else heard that the blue color is from lead in the glass?  Pilamiyaye / thanks.  Pahinh.Winh
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PeteDavis

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Re: The Blue Ball Jar
« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2009, 07:21:41 pm »
I have read at the hoosier site, that "Ball Jar Blue" is the result of the particular sand used by the Ball company

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Offline jamie

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Re: The Blue Ball Jar
« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2009, 07:25:23 pm »
thats a beauty
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Offline stickbender

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Re: The Blue Ball Jar
« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2009, 09:43:07 pm »

     Pahinh.Winh; Lead is usually used to make red color.  Used to be a lot of it in lipstick, makeup, etc.  Then they used cochineal for cloth, and lipstick and other cosmetics, and now they use something else. ;)

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