ADDICTED TO FLINT KNAPPING. Published 12:00 am Friday, January 11, 2002. ... Some of the arrowheads Watson makes have actually been used by bow hunters. The obsidian knives he makes, ...

It doesn't matter where Bo Earls is. He could be on his honeymoon, at the park with his two children or sitting in his man cave of a garage. He finds his therapy in the intricate process of flint ...

Tom Blais is bringing history to life one arrowhead at a time. Growing up in Vermont, Blais heard many stories about the Native Americans that used to camp along the river near his family’s farm.

Skilled knapping achieves the keen edge and the serrations, made by striking chips off a piece of flint, chert or obsidian. The Stone Age craftsman, working in his factory (for there were ...

I had no good chunks of local stone at hand, but recalled some of the best Native arrowheads and knife blades in America were anciently made of obsidian, a type of natural volcanic glass.

RANDY TEDOR will lead a two-day workshop on flint-knapping noon-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18 and 25 at the Anchorage Museum. Tedor recommends these classes for those 15 or older. Cost is $190, $170 ...

GLADE SPRING, Va. — Jeff Payne is among a number of people across the country who want to keep alive the ancient art of flint knapping, which is making arrowheads ...

Hunters nowadays use firearms or high-tech bowhunting equipment, but centuries ago — 3.3 million years ago, actually — the weapon of choice was an arrowhead honed by hand.

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 is the practice of ...