I love this thread! Thank you Robin.
I started messing with recycled bottle glass in 1997. My true love was the cobalt blue of Arizona Iced Tea bottles of the time. I drank a bottle almost daily, and I would cut them up on a weekend once a month. I would cut the bottom off, then the curved upper part, then cut the remaining cylinder into strips. My ex would sometimes help, and really had the knack for tapping the strips without a lot of splinters and such. I really miss that color, it was a slightly lighter blue than the usual Effetre transparent cobalt.
We just bought a bottle of Bombay Sapphire. I'm setting that aside!
I wonder about the Biliner water bottles. I keep seeing their ads and the color reminds me of the Arizona tea.