A small piece of leather can help protect your hand from the sharp edges of obsidian. (CBC) "Today, stone tools and flintknapping are an obsolete technology," Rast told CBC's On The Go.

Feringa has been knapping stone, and other materials such as porcelain for 25 years. He offers his knowledge and mentorship in the area to local elementary schools, and lessons to the GTB community.

Flintknapping, the practice of creating arrowheads and other primitive tools out of stone, has experienced a tremendous influx of students over the past ten years, but the skills haven’t changed ...

Frustrated by his failure to find a single point, Mauch started learning to make his own. Gradually he began to master the Stone Age art of flintknapping, making tools from stone.

Knapping is the process of crafting objects by striking harder materials, such as stone or animal antlers, against softer materials such as flint, coral or obsidian. Stone working of this sort has ...

Long lives in Chippawa, Ont., along a chert, a lane of bedded deposits, which is a major seam running across New York State along Route 5 and across Ontario on the north shore of Lake Erie.

A new documentary by Twin Falls residents Jim Paxton, Al Frost and Jim Woods explores the possibilities. “Legacy in Stone: Discovering Ancient Flintknapping in Idaho” illustrates the survival ...