WHAT IS WRONG WITH A BROKEN BOTTLE... NOTHING AT ALL.

[rickmarbles]

I will post you some pics of results of what I have tried when I get to the bottles later. The tile saw does a pretty good job- few chips. But the score and crack method I cannot get to work because these are old straight side cokes and similar from a dump that are pretty scuffed up and the rig I have just cannot get the score right. So I use the tile saw. But getting the edge sanded(the older ones are softer glass than the few duraglass bottles I have tried) is very difficult and time consuming. I have silicon carbide I think sandpaper but it takes forever and I have never been able to get a shine like what you have

 

[mike garrett]

well a broken bottle is just that ,nothing more!

 

[hemihampton]

Only known Black Glass 1870's Geo Norris from Detroit Michigan. Probably Norris first Bottle in Detroit. I have his Pontiled 1850's Bottle from Cleveland. Unfortunately this one has a Broken Off Top. Crier Heartbreaker.

 

[east texas terry]

These are strictly my own opinions and nothing said here is to be taken personally or out of context... but what separates collectors from investors? Lots of things especially when it comes to a broken bottle.

Today I share a few of my broken dreams and as a collector I enjoy these as much as any other bottle in my collection. An investor would not look twice at such bottles... a collector recognizes these are little bits of history, deserving of preservation, doing their best to save them, while an investor will look for a trash can.​

I have several broken bottles in my collection. I wish they were not damaged. Who doesn't like a nice clean minty condition bottle? Nobody and that kind of bottle appeals to just about everyone. What about the other bottles? Below are selections from my collection, which in all likelihood will be the only examples of these bottles that I will ever own. The odds are against for ever upgrading these bottles. My line of thinking is that it is better to have a lesser one than NONE AT ALL. I am a collector.

The first bottle BUFFALO BOTTLING WORKS // BUFFALO LAGER BEER is so rare that I have yet to meet another collector who has one. It had been listed on feeBay and I watched it for week after week as the seller kept trying to find a buyer. I didn't want to spend any money (that was my investor side) on a broken beer bottle, but I felt (the collector coming out in my) that if I didn't acquire it, it would be discarded and the world of collecting might never know about this obscure bottle. Missing its entire top has not stopped me from respecting this bottle.​

The second bottle is a sad tale of a seller fail. Having inverted embossing this BOTTLED BEER // F. GOMILLA is a wonderful oddity it. Many years ago the owner of this bottle contacted, they were no longer collecting and were looking for a good home for this embossed beer. To say I was excited would be an understatement. The day the package arrived I couldn't get home quick enough so I could open it. What a shock of disappointment when I looked inside. Having started its journey as a whole bottle it was now a pile of pieces and shards!!!! Trying to be nice the seller had thrown in an extra bottle (that I did not want), the bottles were very loose in the box as the seller had not packed the items well enough to survive... alas... the wrong bottle was broken. I have searched high and low for another one of these with no success. Even with the glue job I still really like this bottle.

Finally I was at a bottle show in St. Louis and a dealer had this F. RAACKE // WHITE BEER on their table. Every time I walked by that table I would stop and look at it. Late in the day I started up a conversation with them and discussed how I was surprised no one had purchased this bottle even though it was broke I thought it was a great example because of the color. I actually had (have) one that is a very pale aqua and this broken one was much prettier. The dealer said he was going to take it and cut it up and make a drinking cup out of it. I couldn't let the bottle be humiliated. I immediately asked him what his bottom dollar for would be and acquired it. He then produced the blob top, gave that to me, when I got home I made this funny looking neck from packing tape, have kept it and never been ashamed of it.​

How about some of you COLLECTORS, show us what you've saved from the trash?
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I HAVE DUG CIVIL WAR WHISKEY THAT WAS OPEN BY A BAYONET CHOP TO THE NECK

 

[rickmarbles]

Here is an example of one I cut with saw and sanded edge-how do you get it smooth?

 

[UncleBruce]

What are you trying to do? Cut chip free? I have been polishing marble and granite for over 35 years and I find glass to be a breeze to sand and polish.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

What is your method for giving that rim a nice finish?

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

Diamond Composite discs. Wet polisher. I have 80 up to 10000 grit. I can buff with aluminum oxide powder then with the cerium powder I get that super wet shine.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

 

[UncleBruce]

Diamond Composite discs. Wet polisher. I have 80 up to 10000 grit. I can buff with aluminum oxide powder then with the cerium powder I get that super wet shine.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

The shine makes all the difference. Are you using a stationary buffer or a hand held buffer?

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

Here is an example of one I cut with saw and sanded edge-how do you get it smooth?

You need a better method. I use a wet saw (Target saw brand) with a ultra thin disc. Very slowly. I set the stop and roll the bottle all the way around making a deep score then slowly work that deeper as you turn eventually you will cut through. If you just cut it straight through it tends to chip. They have jewelers saw blade that are super thin. I think they would work even better.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

The shine makes all the difference. Are you using a stationary buffer or a hand held buffer?

A handheld slow speed wet grinder. The same ones they use at the marble and granite fabricators use. Mine is an alphasonics, a local company.
ROBBYBOBBY64.