Knapping arrow heads from glass

Making glass fly.

Making arrow heads from glass is an easy alternative to flint and is a good use of broken bottles left by irresponsible people. Glass is much easier to knap than flint but BE CAREFUL!!! glass and flint are extremely sharp.

The best part of bottles to make arrow heads is the base its a tad thicker and has a uniform shape so its easier to plan your work, or another good source of material is broken window glass as its flat and much easier to knap than bottle glass!!!

The technique for making arrow heads from glass is exactly the same as with flint, start with a shard of glass about the size of the arrow head you want and begin by flaking the edges so you can drive larger flakes off to shape into the rough shape required then carefully pressure flake the final shape and sharpen to a nice piercing point.

This is my first attempt at knapping glass and i must say it,s very easy compared to flint and it,s a great way to learn as glass knaps in the same way as flint. It is a good way to learn the nature of flint and is good practice to make arrow heads and spear tips but these glass points are not as resilient as flint but are a good survival tip and good to look at too!!

Any questions or demonstrations with knapping let me know and i will show you how too!!

See you out there!!!

Paul