Uses Knapping



aztec stone knives



a gun-flint mounted in jaws of flintlock musket


in cultures have not adopted metalworking technologies, production of stone tools knappers common, in modern cultures making of such tools domain of experimental archaeologists , hobbyists. archaeologists undertake task can better understand how prehistoric stone tools made.


knapping learned outdoorsmen, such british bushcraft exponent ray mears, primitive technology & ancient skills courses pass on these skills.


knapping gun flints, used flintlock firearms formerly major industry in flint bearing locations, such brandon in suffolk, england , small towns of meusnes , couffy in france. meusnes has small museum dedicated industry.


in 1804, during napoleonic wars, brandon supplying on 400,000 flints month use british army , navy. brandon knappers made gun flints export africa late 1960s.


knapping building purposes still skill practiced in flint-bearing regions of southern england, such sussex, suffolk , norfolk, , in northern france, brittany , normandy, there resurgence of craft due government funding.








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