Monday, August 4, 2014
Flint Knapping
This actually happened back on July 19, but the flag rally seemed more urgent to edit ...
A group gathers annually at House Mountain, outside of Lexington, to learn, study and generally share their interest in knapping -- the method by which ancient man made tools and weapons, flaking small chips of stone off a bigger rock until a razor edge is developed. We spent some time with them, talking, learning and generally enjoying the event and the atmosphere ...
Of course, if you make an arrowhead, you need an arrow and a bow. People were also handcrafting those, as well as spears and spear-throwers ...
And finally, we of course had to get involved .
Her handiwork ...
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