And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I saw a thing the other day, a guy melted a glass insulator with a microwave kiln, he turned that melted glass into an arrowhead. That glass point reminded me. I'd never heard of a microwave kiln before.
Is the one on the right fiber-optic glass?
ReplyDeletecould be coke bottle
DeleteIt may be volcanic obsidian (sp?) I've seen some projectile points that are clear like that with flecks of color inside them. Very striking !
DeleteThanks for the photos of these. In my youth, I used to search our ranch for such things with moderate success. These are nicer than mine though !
I saw a thing the other day, a guy melted a glass insulator with a microwave kiln, he turned that melted glass into an arrowhead. That glass point reminded me.
ReplyDeleteI'd never heard of a microwave kiln before.
Nice work on all of them.
ReplyDeleteSolutrean or Clovis?
ReplyDeleteWe survived as a species for thousands of years with these. Then technology "our savior" came to be. We are so much better off, right?
ReplyDeleteThe black one is obsidian. That suff is super sharp
ReplyDeleteCheck the Hindsgval dagger for the top of the artistic ancient flint weapons.(Danish
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