The obsidian knives he makes, though, should never be used for things such as cutting food because cutting with an obsidian knife leaves micro-slivers of stone in the food.

Kila man uses flint knapping to bring history to life A long-time arrowhead collector, Kila's Tom Blais has been learning how to make the stone tools himself for nearly 30 years.

Earls started flint knapping about 10 years ago while living in Utah. From store to store, he would find knives with antler handles and obsidian blades, and thought "Who makes those?

Skilled knapping achieves the keen edge and the serrations, made by striking chips off a piece of flint, chert or obsidian.

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 ...

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. I ...

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 ...

The best stones for making arrowheads are flint, chert, obsidian, jasper, quartzite and other natural, brittle objects, Payne said. Glass and porcelain can also be used.

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 ...