love this one, handle looks amazing

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death is certain, life is not

It's actually quite comfortable to hold.

I love doing pieces that are just that little bit unusual, and not so "run of the mill".

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"Life is like a box of chocolates ...

... it's always finished far too soon"

is it more ornamental then?

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death is certain, life is not

is it more ornamental then?

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death is certain, life is not

Well, that's what I say, but really it can be used, though the aim would be to only use it once, but with a very devistating effect.

I did some research on the history of glass knives, and all I could find was a mention of them being used during the early rennaisance period when they were sharp blown tappering hollow tubes (like a syringe needle, only thicker). They were filled with poison and "injected" then snapped off, thus releasing the poison into the victim.

Mine would be used in similar way, but without poison. If you were being hasstled by someone, you would thrust it into their body then snap off the blade. It would leave your victim needing to rush to hospital pretty quickly, or bleed to death.

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"Life is like a box of chocolates ...

... it's always finished far too soon"

For those reading the last two postings, the conversation was about my glass daggers, not this one ... don't know how they got posted to this pic ....

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"Life is like a box of chocolates ...

... it's always finished far too soon"

glass knives were used by the mayans and the aztecs to sacrifice their human sacrifices at their temples

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death is certain, life is not

That's a lot further back than I went with my research. Cool to know though. Thanks.

I am asuming that they did the same basic style of blade manufacture by flintnapping, like I do, though they would have used chunks of obsidian, a naturally forming glass, usually black, (though a clear obsidian is available), though much harder to find.

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"Life is like a box of chocolates ...

... it's always finished far too soon"

yeah, they used obsidian for the glass and i think the handles were metal, no idea how they made them though

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death is certain, life is not

The handles would most probably have been lead, cast in clay, or carved stone moulds. Obsidian is remarkably heat resistant, unlike modern glass, so it would have withstood the low temperatures of molten lead.

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"Life is like a box of chocolates ...

... it's always finished far too soon"