To make a fighting kite you must gather:
- A sheet, or similar lightweight material.
- Sticks, or dowels, about three and a-half feet long, and a quarter inch thickness.
- Glass bottles.
- Wax.
- Leather.
- String.
Then sew the fabric onto the frame so that it is taught.
to make the 'cutters' break the glass bottles with a lightweight hammer and select a few pieces that are thick on the inside edge, but are sharp and keen on the outside edge. This may take some time, practice, and lots of broken bottles, be very careful with the broken glass, stitches are not fun!
Use wax to fasten the glass onto the string, make sure they are facing in different directions.
Cover the wax from the previous step with leather so that the glass does not fall out!
Fasten the string to one of the corners of the frame, make sure it is tight!
Tie string to the middle of the kite(where the dowels intersect), this is the line that you will hold to keep the kite from flying away.
Flying the kite will take as much practice as takes to build, so don't give up!
Make sure that you have friends that are armed as well, as knocking someone else's unarmed kite out of the air is no fun.
Also make sure that your kite is in a big field clear of trees and power lines.
Be careful, for obvious reasons.
Theses are 'cutters'.
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