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For
many of us, flintknapping has been a life long curiosity.
I always wondered as a child how Native American peoples
used there tools to turn simple flint or chert rocks into
incredible works of art. My interest in flint knapping was
rekindled about 12 years ago when I just wanted to add an
arrowhead to my fossil collection.
I met a fellow from
Hernando County Florida who's hobby was artifact collecting.
He showed me a Newnan point made of Florida agatized coral
that he found. This was the most amazing thing I had ever
seen! It was in my eyes the perfect flint spear point. I
knew from my fossil hunting days what the"raw"
stone looked like in the field. I
just could not imagine that such a thing so perfectly crafted
and sharp could be made from those simple stones.
Well,needless
to say "the quest was on". I wanted to know
how they created them, what they used them for and the
biggest question was, "could I too make such a point"?
In 1994 I attended my first knap-in.
Now, 12 years later I am a "full-time" commercial
flintknapper! I have been supplying knappers nation wide
with high quality tools and flints for almost 10 years
now. This site is here to help you in your quest to master
this art. There are links hereon
knapping tips. Click the links to navigate our site. Whether
you need tools, flints, collect points, looking for knapping
tips and techniques or are interested in Atlatls. I hope
we can help you! If you can't find what you are looking
for here on my site, please contact me and I will do my
best to refer you to someone who can help you.
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