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The Coshocton Flint Festival and Knap-In goes back 40 years, but is in its second year in Coshocton. It features various vendors and artisans making arrowheads, spears, stone tools and more. Flint ...
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. — Sycamore Shoals State Park in Elizabethton is playing host to a class to learn about a pre-historic skill On Saturday, a group hosted what's known as a "knap-in". Knapping ...
Flint knapping is the ancient art of pounding on rocks to make arrowheads and spearpoints. It's a hobby with a growing number of enthusiasts.
Years later, he demonstrates knapping to school kids and donates his points to the 4-H training center and a few other places. According to Staulters, though, he still has a lot to learn.
Butte archeaologist Ken Dickerson, offers Suzanne Stilwell tips on how to fashion arrowheads from obsidian Saturday during a flint-knapping workshop held in the Mineral Museum on the Montana Tech ...
Stone suitable for flint knapping is fine-grained and isotropic, sharp, and characteristically prone to production failures in the hands of novicesThis poses significant problems for university ...
The tool Graf used is called a pressure “flaker.” It allow him to shape the arrow head into any shape that he wants it. Flint knapping has been around for around 4 million years.
PERRY -- The Aug. 13 Summer Saturdays Arts Series will be moved by the Sweet Sounds of Summer and the musicianship of singer-songwriter Warren Paul. Also on hand will be ...
Park Rangers from the Nebraska National Forests & Grasslands, Hudson-Meng Education and Research Center will host an interpretive program on Saturday, July 7, at 10:30 am. The talk will be ...