This is the second article in a two-part series on flint knapping basics. Click here to read flint knapping part one. There are two major techniques in flint knapping: percussion flaking and pressure flaking. Both methods utilize a different set of tools, motions, and are used during different stages in the production of stone tools….

This is part one in a two-part series on flintknapping basics. Look for part two soon. Before the use of metals, stone was the primary material used to create cutting tools. Stone was shaped to create knives, arrowheads and spearheads, drill points, and hammers using a technique called flintknapping. This method of turning raw stone…

Flint and steel is a primitive fire-making technique dating back into the Iron Age when steel was first available for this simple and quite effective way to ignite fire. It frequently was used until recently, when matches were invented, making the flint and steel method obsolete. Yet there are many reasons why flint and steel…