Can you Glassblow Obsidian and Make a Knife?

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After casting obsidian, I wanted to give glassblowing it a chance with the help of Todd Cameron (check out his work: / glassplayer )
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@haperawehiwehi8661 5 жыл бұрын

In NZ we have a large occurence of naturally green-ish obsidian which transitions to a deep transparent auburn colour at a place called Mayor Island. because it's so unique it's protected, but the green is a result of iron minerals like pyroxene and olivine in the obsidian deposits, similar in chemical composition to the obsidian found on other intermediate rhyolite volcanics :)

@jacksonpercy8044 5 жыл бұрын

So kind of like the opposite of blue amber. That's pretty cool!

@mihailmilev9909 3 жыл бұрын

@@jacksonpercy8044 cool

@mihailmilev9909 3 жыл бұрын

@@jacksonpercy8044 never heard of blue amber either

@fariatasnim8191 5 жыл бұрын

I don't understand how that can you cast obsidian blew up KZfaq. I just saw it from my notifications. Didn't realize it blew up until I saw pewdiepie's video. Your videos are amazing though. And I respect you efforts. They deserve to blow KZfaq up.

@Tuttomenui 5 жыл бұрын

Minecraft modded says yes.

@Progaminer 5 жыл бұрын

It's probably KZfaq promoting this channel purposely

@salemi7438 5 жыл бұрын

Same

@jay-tbl 5 жыл бұрын

I think it was a funny coincidence. No one really knows completely how the KZfaq Algorithm works. Maybe, by chance, everything about that one particular video was deemed "amazing" by the algorithm's standards.

@newtrog.367 5 жыл бұрын

The obsidian acted very different than I anticipated Since it's similar to glass, I expected it mold like it Also keep up the great work, you deserve to be recognized

@jamesojeda9351 5 жыл бұрын

As a glassblower i find this....very intriguing....ive always wanted to look into melting and blowing obsidian....its make me wanna take up the project my self....im a very green novice into making my own glass...but this rly caught my eye....hopefully i can hit the floor running based on what you have provided....i truly love your channel and ur ambition....for starting things from scratch...much love and keep the good work coming

@T_RAWMOTO 5 жыл бұрын

howq many glass blowers does it take to change a light bulb?

@c_vincent 5 жыл бұрын

@@T_RAWMOTO how many?

@daeldir 5 жыл бұрын

@@T_RAWMOTO I'd guess one. But as beautiful as the light bulb may become, chances are that it is not working anymore once the glassblower changed it ;-)

@T_RAWMOTO 5 жыл бұрын

it takes 100 glassblowers! one to change the light bulb, and 99 others to say how they can do it better! lol

@jamesojeda9351 5 жыл бұрын

@@T_RAWMOTO lol...my guess was one aswell....but u r sorta right on that one...

@franco2098 5 жыл бұрын

I have no idea how so many of his videos don’t “hit the algorithm” , he makes some amazing content!

@TiagoTiagoT 5 жыл бұрын

The algorithm knows nothing about quality; it is not smart enough to understand what it means to be good, it only takes basic things like what objects it detects in the video, what is spoken, the words of the title description etc, and how many people watched it, for how long and so on.

@clipsus_clips 5 жыл бұрын

Can you melt obsidian to make obsidian

@liamburns5613 5 жыл бұрын

Obsidian-ception

@evenrik_2214 5 жыл бұрын

Yes

@gjbee1284 5 жыл бұрын

Can you cast obsidian into obsidian

@jilliebean613 5 жыл бұрын

It's hard to tell if you have a bad kiln and need to use a bunch of flux

@omn8390 5 жыл бұрын

can you melt a human baby to make an obsidian sword

@alexkantor8238 5 жыл бұрын

The color change as it annealed the second time was very interesting. It looks like it went from that green color to something closer to blue

@GigglingGoof 5 жыл бұрын

Alex Kantor I remember in my single glass making class that you added different chemicals to the glass to stain them (such as some form of cobalt for blue) so I’m extremely curious on how it changed colours does working with it different ways alter its properties some how?

@alexkantor8238 5 жыл бұрын

Granblu i don’t know the chemical composition of the flux or the obsidian, so there could be some reaction causing a blue coloration

@GigglingGoof 5 жыл бұрын

Alex Kantor I wonder if obsidian is like sand where taking different types from different places can produce unique properties such as the ones taken from North America compared to Hawaii.

@TheOfficialCzex 5 жыл бұрын

I remember when you had not even 100,000 subscribers. Now you're nearly at a million! You've come so far.

@cheesetheorange4503 5 жыл бұрын

yeah wait what when did he get so high

@naslyaplr7235 5 жыл бұрын

TheOfficialCzex WE MADE IRON MAN GUN! YOU CAN WATCH FROM OUR CHANNEL.👍🏻

@garretschinkel2740 5 жыл бұрын

There was lots of blowing and glory holes in this video 😉

@theblackbaron4119 5 жыл бұрын

Send I the Google algorithm to purge anything that might be "inappropriate"

@kebap6797 5 жыл бұрын

The comment i was looking for.

@SwapPartLLC 5 жыл бұрын

And they made something from obsidian which resembled a dildo.

@daniellaffan6992 5 жыл бұрын

Stfu

@CamoronZ 5 жыл бұрын

The 'thing' inside that hole even look like 'something'

@Amlugalen 5 жыл бұрын

wow i was shocked to see 10mil on the last obsidian video! You totaly deserve it! I love your Concept its one of a kind ob youtube

@tillybillyboyboy 5 жыл бұрын

This channel is better than anything on TV! You all are awesome!

@remwastaken 5 жыл бұрын

anything on youtube is better than anything on tv

@basil116 5 жыл бұрын

@@remwastaken its not that hard to disprove that.

@Bbistheman_ 5 жыл бұрын

@@basil116 Jake Paul

@naslyaplr7235 5 жыл бұрын

kevin tillery WE MADE IRON MAN GUN! YOU CAN WATCH FROM OUR CHANNEL.👍🏻

@janxuz9732 5 жыл бұрын

4:35 We did it 9-year-olds XD

@savetrees6005 5 жыл бұрын

@vhiria2856 5 жыл бұрын

9-year-olds unite!

@James_Barrett 5 жыл бұрын

First fortnite now obsidian, whats next?

@rishisivakumar2013 5 жыл бұрын

True success put this in the subreddit

@cyclick350 5 жыл бұрын

Onto the next battle.

@CloudCollapse 5 жыл бұрын

Man I’m so glad your channel is blowing up. You definitely deserve the attention for all the work you put in

@micahphilson 5 жыл бұрын

I really fell in love with the channel late last year, and since then, I was astounded that it was such an underrated channel, so it's so awesome to see them growing like this now!

@MegganW 5 жыл бұрын

i found your channel thanks to your last obsidian video. it was really interesting, so i subbed and binge watched ALOT of your videos. good job!

@davon2731 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. Glad your finally starting to get more recognition from KZfaq.

@RedHeart64 5 жыл бұрын

Were you trying obsidian from a single source? There is a great variety between sources - some are more homogeneous than others, and there are two basic formulas - one that produces obsidians more black in color, the other green (depending on the elemental makeup). Some sources are not good for making tools (even though the obsidian looks good), others fair in their workability, and some sources are very good. Many obsidian sources still have trapped gasses (making them more opaque), which would cause the shattering. I would suggest some more background reading on obsidian. It may be internally homogeneous within a source, but there can be huge difference between sources. The type of flux you use can also have a huge impact on the characteristics of the glass.

@dwaynewladyka577 5 жыл бұрын

I love this channel very much. It is interesting what you tried to do with the obsidian. One of my older brothers did find an Native American arrow head on our dad's farm in Alberta, Canada. It was a pretty cool find. Can you make your own canoe out of wood, like birch bark, for a future project? Keep up the great work. Cheers!

@abou824 5 жыл бұрын

This would be really cool

@bcikablam3578 5 жыл бұрын

yeah that would be cool, I saw how to do it in an old book. "101 things everyone used to know how to do"

@benparr2895 5 жыл бұрын

who thats soooooooooooooooooooooooo cool

@fortune6858 5 жыл бұрын

Yaaaaaasss

@dwaynewladyka577 5 жыл бұрын

@@bobloblaw1720 But I think it can be done.

@iansykes6607 5 жыл бұрын

Let the memes begin

@iridium9512 5 жыл бұрын

I believe the problem is that glass is much more consistent and uniform material than obsidian is. You should, instead of adding more flux, try to melt it in, say, stainless steel crucible and keep it molten for a long time so that all impurities have time to settle up or down. Once the impurities are settled, you can remove them and then try to glassblow "pure" obsidian. Thumbs up if you think this is worth a shot

@cobalt1754 5 жыл бұрын

Furnace glass is generally melted at 2150 degrees, at least at my school, so it'd eat through steel. They'd probably have to tweak the formula to be more similar to that of glass for it to be stable and uniform enough to blow..

@iridium9512 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, flux is added to lower the melting point. But glass does not need to be fully molten, as it will soften much before stainless steel starts to deform. But if this is still a problem, I'm sure he can find get one of the higher quality crucibles which will not crack under constant high heat.

@kimlogue2386 5 жыл бұрын

I cast NZ Obsidian using lost wax process kiln casting, is a amazing material just is so variable depending on where its collected from.

@baddayoverdosed 5 жыл бұрын

These videos have really got me wondering where "obsidian" ends and "glass" begins.

@plumsmuglers 5 жыл бұрын

You should try the investment mold style casting I'd say that'd be your best bet, go to an art foundry make the ceramic mold then come back here and melt the obsidian and pour into ceramic mold anneal mold n all.

@sem4life63 5 жыл бұрын

The obsidian will boil if it can't breath through the mold. A ceramic mold definitely won't breath.

@rayanhey2411 5 жыл бұрын

I love the fact that even after many tries you did not gave up . You are a exemple for me

@ewanwilson1974 5 жыл бұрын

This is why I love this channel. You learn with the audience. So, is it possible: yes, is it easy : absolutely not. It needs more care than normal glass does.

@efrenledezma8536 5 жыл бұрын

Can you make an Obsidian Bong?

@zippienippi 5 жыл бұрын

^ Everyone needs to like this comment so he can see it!

@cobalt1754 5 жыл бұрын

Probably not, they're made of borosilicate glass, which has a high thermal shock resistance. An obsidian bong would probably crack if you tried to put a flame to it.

@blackness4954 5 жыл бұрын

+Silver Ion Now that's one video I'd want to see.

@awake8794 5 жыл бұрын

The PROFESSIONAL couldn't even blow a bubble with it...........How's HE supposed to blow a bong?

@werty7099 5 жыл бұрын

I didnt see your channel until the obsidian casting video and i have been binging ever since i love your content man, i try to do a lot of things from scratch myself and you give me so many ideas!

@raypimienta7670 5 жыл бұрын

I think it would be cool if u started a survival series.

@fingernailclipper2152 5 жыл бұрын

I sure do hope this Glassbow obsidian material could make the “cut”! :D

@Aligirl77 5 жыл бұрын

I am so intrigued by this series!! You're doing great Andy!

@mischaminxx 5 жыл бұрын

Any of your videos about making glass from scratch are so fascinating to me. Keep up the hard work ❤

@NKG416 5 жыл бұрын

i love your dedication man!

@efreetheawesome 5 жыл бұрын

Started watching you guys from the start. It's so awesome watching high quality, wholesome content getting the views it deserves. God bless all of you.

@sink899 5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad that with the last video you guys finally got the recognition you deserve. Keep it up!

@shanemonaghan9701 5 жыл бұрын

This is awesome! I've been blowing glass for three semesters and have wondered what it would take to blow obsidian. P.S., I think I saw you at FOCI in Minneapolis in late July/Early August

@riapendragon3769 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the time and effort

@MrRockingharsh 5 жыл бұрын

Never missed a video. My favourite channel !!!

@sephcrow 5 жыл бұрын

What a brilliant idea to go to a glass blower, this is awesome

@Guru_1092 5 жыл бұрын

I really want to see this obsidian glass making technique perfected. It would be so cool to have developed your own technique through research and perseverance.

@elijahgonzalez606 5 жыл бұрын

This makes me so happy to see how successful you are becoming!

@Freizeitflugsphaere 5 жыл бұрын

Thats another great episode! Which flux did you use?

@austin503 5 жыл бұрын

Well, glassblowers typically use natron salt, which is composed of sodium carbonates

@phelanii4444 5 жыл бұрын

I recently subscribed, cause the last obsidian video came up in my recommended box! I think I've watched all the episodes by now, and have also gotten my sister into watching your channel :D

@jacobwilliamson3683 5 жыл бұрын

wearing flipflops while glass blowing? Somebody call OSHA

@Brewed.tea. 5 жыл бұрын

Jacob Williamson yep bye bye toes

@cobalt1754 5 жыл бұрын

I had a friend walk through the glass studio barefoot. We all thought he was nuts.

@darkunicorn1208 5 жыл бұрын

I would like to see this scaled up and done like this dude suggested. It could be really cool. Just what he was able to do here is flawless work.

@sirflimflam 5 жыл бұрын

I always wanted to get into glass blowing. Seeing this stuff is awesome!

@isekaiexpress9450 5 жыл бұрын

Star Wars books featured some interesting Sith dagger made from volcanic glass, called Shikkar - in the emerged culture of the forgotten Sith tribe, it was common to kill adversary persons of influence, but it was also common to assasinate them with a expensive, craftsy, pretty glass dagger to express respect - death with a shikkar was considered a gift and a agonizing death. The dagger was specially tempered to splinter in glass shards once being twisted in the wound, so it was explicitely one-use weapon destined to the victim and no-one else. But - it wasn't explained how the tempering was done or how it was sharpened. Maybe it was also tempered so it would reveal edges after being apllying a hit on a calculated breaking point during creation or by the customer to be impressed. The second breaking point will be probably inside the grip to make the dagger blade shatter after twisting and not to hurt the hand of the assassin.

@ikennaenwelum7798 5 жыл бұрын

Your workshop background is so cool, nice work!!

@theannechann642 5 жыл бұрын

This is so cool. I love watching these videos

@SilentTremors 5 жыл бұрын

These videos are wonderful. And I can see them being used to some degree for research papers. Good job man.

@cyberworldcatgirl4188 5 жыл бұрын

Something something OBSIDIAN MEME FUNNY JOKE!!!!! But seriously, I love your videos. Keep up the good work.

@professoryodie 5 жыл бұрын

Definitely glad it blew up bcz u always put a lot of time work and money into ur videos

@Mysticfateee 5 жыл бұрын

I don't know why but i was completely captivated while watching this video and that's saying something as someone who has been watching KZfaq videos daily for close to 10 years. I don't know if it was the glassblowing in general or the context in it's entirety

@seannot-telling9806 5 жыл бұрын

What did it feel like having the Prince Rupert Drop go off in your gloved hand?

@timothydryden2517 5 жыл бұрын

man i just love htme

@zippienippi 5 жыл бұрын

How long till the internet gets here?

@thaelfern 5 жыл бұрын

The first knife looks so interesting, it looks like a soft moldable material but its hard glass.

@josephbrewster1169 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Very interesting.

@haroniqbal1944 5 жыл бұрын

I was shocked that you guys got 10 million on your video because i was so use to you guys having 200,000 subscribers from the last time i checked and now so close to the big 1 mill this is one of the great channels that don't die then make clickbait videos i wish you luck and thank you for being a god tier channel. ps. I bet this video will blow up too

@deweydoesit7165 5 жыл бұрын

That is freaking amazingly awesome. Army green is perfect. My grandaughter collects rocks as I used to. She is 7.

@agansen 5 жыл бұрын

I have enjoyed your videos for quite a while! I have a theory of why your first obsidian video blew up. It's the connection to game of thrones and dragon glass being equated to obsidian. Essentially I think that since that is a major aspect of the lore from a super popular series right now KZfaq may have bumped it because its trendy in pop culture.

@arqueic4602 5 жыл бұрын

Ive done glass blowing before. Its a very cool and fun activity, for anyone who hasnt done it, highly recommend it. Its easy to learn how to, just really hard to master

@chewy2420 5 жыл бұрын

Love the glass series. You should make it a permanent fixture to the line up

@CedricAda 5 жыл бұрын

lookin forward to seeing this thumbnail every day for the next two weeks 😂

@jeremyhicks6367 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@iriomotejin 5 жыл бұрын

> ...the creation process could just be lost in that, you know, unknownness... This is pure poetry.

@Garjahn 5 жыл бұрын

Obsidian can't melt steel meme

@j.lietka9406 Жыл бұрын

Can certain substances be added to the obsidian/ flux mix to improve it's behavior when hot?

@Gorrash 5 жыл бұрын

2 years down the road, if YTB still rolling, and if the channel keep the quality content, this channel is going to have 5 million subscribers.

@jasonharrison9677 5 жыл бұрын

Question, not sure if it would work, but could you make a Prince Rupert Drop of pure obsidian then when you shattered it use that material to smelt for the blowing or pouring, as it seems to go to a much finer powder than when you just crush it, or would there be too much of a change the the material like crystallization of over heated aluminum

@raymond3235 5 жыл бұрын

your videos are so good, you deserve way more subscribers and views

@Original-GKP 5 жыл бұрын

dont give up and dont give in... the man that created the lightbulb found dozens of ways to not make one before he did it right. food for thought. have a nice day

@arc.7758 5 жыл бұрын

Im just gonna watch this before its all over my recommended.

@johnnylingo4686 5 жыл бұрын

Obsidian really isn't like modern glass at all, which is why it's only really suited to primitive tech. Your experiments are awesome keep going.

@leonchandler4643 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video as always :)

@danger1616 5 жыл бұрын

gratz on the 10 millions views on the last obsidian video !

@DanskerneFraDanmark 5 жыл бұрын

CAN YOU MELT OBSIDIAN AND CAST A SWORD?

@Devildawn_ 5 жыл бұрын

but can you melt a sword and make obsidian ?

@DanskerneFraDanmark 5 жыл бұрын

Justin Y. WHERE ARE YOU ?

@rodigoduterte9192 5 жыл бұрын

MR_Zoren well, everyone can be Justin Y. Now, especially you, Zoren if you are determined enough to comment at everywhere

@DanskerneFraDanmark 5 жыл бұрын

True

@Brewed.tea. 5 жыл бұрын

MR_Zoren he did that already think

@TheFlyingSeagull 5 жыл бұрын

This is really cool

@khazix4833 5 жыл бұрын

At this point we're like "Come on Obsidian!!!! Can you just work with us for once?"

@kaminari7245 5 жыл бұрын

I love the Segway into the ad.

@josiahmorris8502 5 жыл бұрын

Awsome i love your videos thankyou so much

@gordonlawrence4749 5 жыл бұрын

Cant wait to see the obsidian Prince Rupert drops. Awesome idea.

@PEAKCENTURY 5 жыл бұрын

This is really cool, but would you just cut/grind/polish an amazing obsidian blade using lapidary tools?

@SnowPaw404 5 жыл бұрын

I saw your obsidian sword video an hour ago and I think its really interesting

@meeplesmeeples9962 5 жыл бұрын

The greenish fluxed obsidian is actually an uncommon form of obsidian known as watermelon obsidian. Watermelon obsidian is just normal obsidian saturated with other materials leaving it with less "obsidian" in it that normal snowflake obsidian like the kind you harvested.

@brycerosellini7806 5 жыл бұрын

Could you do more stuff like the casting obsidian? Projects that are unique but still something that can possibly be done at home with a few specialty items.

@juandelacruz1108 5 жыл бұрын

Great video man!

@juandelacruz1108 5 жыл бұрын

Update: HTME, thanks for the heart !

@scratoriousentertainment8515 5 жыл бұрын

I love this obsidian series to be honest and I am glad the Algorithm is working in your favour.

@SergeantSphynx 5 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure it would be something you would do, but I wonder if the issues with the melting of the obsidian would be resolved by making a mix that is chemically "identical" and starting from that and not a chunk of obsidian.

@davidschmidt5165 5 жыл бұрын

I originally got hooked with the how to make a rootbeer float

@SandCrabNews 5 жыл бұрын

Can you hang vertically and pull down on the hot obsidian to create a thin piece to break into a sharp edge?

@htme 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting question. We will address this in our next livestream.

@kapn4611 5 жыл бұрын

I lovvve your channel!!,keep it up bro :)

@blackdragon1578 5 жыл бұрын

Uploaded 10 minutes ago and already in my recommended

@UnstableStrafe 5 жыл бұрын

Good luck to making a working one!

@jphattie9748 5 жыл бұрын

You should to a longer segment on the obsidian prince Ruperts drop. That looked crazy! I'm gonna go check out that glass blower next time I get some free time in mpls.

@Xipheria 5 жыл бұрын

Can you melt obsidian and cast a sword part 2

@kaldmigchristoffer2474 5 жыл бұрын

Yes love youre videos i was so Happy when i Saw you made a new video

@jonathanwilliams6922 5 жыл бұрын

Good stuff man

@deweydoesit7165 5 жыл бұрын

I would love a knife loke that. I wasstationed in far east Turkey in the early 80's. They called it the rock. We had a boulder of obsidian on a concrete pediltal and Im gonna guess it weighed nearly a ton. When we leave they break of a piece of obsidian and put it in a brass or bronze pestel and urn and give you a Russian pocket watch as a momento and thanks for service in such a remote location. I was honored to serve. All of it was stolen and Ive been heart broken since. It would very special to me to have some obsidian in raw form and some made into a knife.

@binghambud 6 ай бұрын

I wonder if you can make a stone mold or something to cook obsidian and crack it open, like clay would that work. So I would make the clay mold, then put sandy obsidian and press it firmly and cook the obsidian from the clay.