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<p>[QUOTE="tomf, post: 4440516, member: 74446"]Glass is perfect for tool manufacture. Has conchoidal quality with predictable fracture. Also very sharp. Think of obsidian.</p><p>This particular glass is too thin to 'knapp' but still useful when shaped and given a working edge.</p><p>Indians would salvage settler refuse for tool material. Glass, porcelain and metal. Fairly rare to find them though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tomf, post: 4440516, member: 74446"]Glass is perfect for tool manufacture. Has conchoidal quality with predictable fracture. Also very sharp. Think of obsidian. This particular glass is too thin to 'knapp' but still useful when shaped and given a working edge. Indians would salvage settler refuse for tool material. Glass, porcelain and metal. Fairly rare to find them though.[/QUOTE]
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