Even though flint knapping was a neccesity in early Native American lives, I believe that they considered it an art form and took great pride in their work. I too have approached it as an art form. For this rea
Frame taken from the video “Flakes and Spalls-Basic Flint Knapping”, freely available athttps://rootsvt.com/videos-1/(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1b_6bGPkvo). The combination of these four elements allows the production of a Hertzian cone, a cone of force that propagates throug...
A) Around 10 yrs. of age I would go to a slate pile back in the woods with my younger brother Jerry and we would try to make arrowheads. We started making bows and arrows around that same time and I have a bow I made when I was 12 yrs old. Jerry helped me continue my quest i...