Flintknapping, the art of creating arrow points, knives and other tools from rocks prone to conchoidal fracturing, is the addiction of a few in the traditional weapons crowd.

The craftsmen start by buying different types of chert or flint — the rocks on sale at the show went for between $2 and $5 a pound. Most rock flintknappers use comes from the U.S., with some ...

Ocala — Archaeologists and artists gathered at Silver River State Park over the weekend to demonstrate their prehistoric flint-knapping skills and showcase their artwork at the fourth annual ...

The deliberate removal of thin layers in stone, such as flint, chert, and obsidian made into points, and tools, like arrowheads is known as the art of knapping or flint knapping — an art Feringa ...

Onondaga chert, Flint Ridge flint, and obsidian or straight up glass all make great stone points in a knapper’s hands. The rock most knappers buy today is also heat treated in pottery kilns up to ...

AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - A group at Arts in the Sunset in Amarillo is continuing the tradition of flint knapping. Donald Cameron with Panhandle Flint Knappers says around 2007, he ran into a man ...

Meet on the lawn in front of the park’s visitor center. Young children are welcome to watch. If you’re 16 or older, you can give “knapping” a try yourself.

S-1805 (Normanskill Chert): Gravle pit west side of Rt. 9 W; North of Catskill, past the rocket sign. Normanskill Chert is also known as Coxsackie, Deepkill, Flately Brook Flint, Hudson, River, Mt.