Knappers

There are many flint knappers today who can make beautiful points and tools. ❋ Annie Proulx (2011)

Although it wouldn't surprise me to find there are currently more expert flint knappers than there ever have been. ❋ EAGEAGEAG (2009)

Abetted by training from the man to whom his mother had been mated when he was born, who was acknowledged as the best in his field, Jondalar was a skilled maker of stone tools who had honed his craft on his Journey by learning the techniques of other flint knappers. ❋ Auel, Jean M. (1990)

There had to be some flint knappers in the region who could train Doban. ❋ Auel, Jean M. (1990)

As she began to preshape the flint in the Clan way, and the Mamutoi flint knappers realized what she was doing, they were eager to watch, and crowded as close as they dared. ❋ Auel, Jean M. (1985)

Jondalar was talking with Wymez and Danug, and she had no doubts as to the subject of the conversation of the three flint knappers. ❋ Auel, Jean M. (1985)

A Knapper may have lived on a "knap," or may have been one of the Suffolk flint-knappers, who still prepare gun-flints for weapons to be retailed to the heathen. ❋ Ernest Weekley (1909)

There are various minerals that can be knapped (chert, obsidian, fossilized wood, quartzites, and others) and identifying useful materials is something knappers and archaeologists who study these primitive techniques do. ❋ Rawles James Wesley (2010)

Even expert knappers have relatively high failure rates doing this, but practice helps with the odds. ❋ Rawles James Wesley (2010)

"Once they get inside there will be knappers making arrowheads and showing people how it's done just like the Indians did," she said. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Knap-in - The Wilderness Center is holding a knap-in, a gathering of knappers, or people who break rock or flint with a sharp blow from a tool.

Their works of art are exhibited and available for sale along with exotic rocks from all over the world and tools and supplies for knappers of all levels. ❋ Unknown (2009)

With little high-quality material locally available around Stony Brook, I'm restricted to what I can buy or exchange with other knappers from around the country. ❋ Unknown (2009)

More than 60 flint-knappers from a 12-state area will appear this weekend at the 12th annual Bois D'Arc Primitive Skills Camp and Knap-In at Hulston Mill Historic Park east of Greenfield.

The sound of the flint knappers 'clear, precise tapping-quartering, flaking, and knapping are the stages of ever-finer shaping of flints-filled the village of Brandon five miles from Thetford. ❋ Unknown (2009)