Knappers and knapping enthusiasts from across Pennsylvania and beyond gather at Knap-In to slowly, painstakingly shape flint, chert, obsidian or similarly fracturing mineral into stone tools ...

WARREN, Pa. — “It’s a puzzle,” said Ryan Rickerson, a local flint knapper and Panama native, as he sat down to turn a chunk of marbled red and green Flint Ridge flint into an arrowhead. A union ...

“Flint knapping is one thing that we all have in common. It’s something that all of our ancestors were doing at some point in cultures all across the world,” Blais said.

Bob Winters of New Brunswick, N.J., will demonstrate the art of flint knapping Sunday at an open house at the Henry Homestead on Henry Road, Bushkill Township. Knapping is a technique used by local… ...

NOEL, Mo. -- Seated on a low bench, Jim Spears used a piece of deer horn to whittle down a heavy chunk of Missouri flint. For an hour, he tapped, whacked and smoothed the hard rock until it was ...

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 ...

ADDICTED TO FLINT KNAPPING. Published 12:00 am Friday, January 11, 2002. By Staff Reports. Rex Watson displays two bi-face knives that he made from Oregon and California obsidian.

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 ...

COSHOCTON − The Coshocton Flint Festival and Knap-In is only in its second year locally, but has a history elsewhere dating back more than 40 years. Craftsmen will demonstrate how to create ...

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 ...