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FLINTHANDWERK - Wulf Hein and Marquardt Lund
The new book on an ancient craft
For millions of years, THE tool of man has been made of stone. To make it, all you really need is a second stone, a good eye, inner peace and a little experience. If you want to "walk in the footsteps of the ancestors", if you are interested in knives or traditional craftsmanship, there is still no getting around the art of cutting sharp blades from stone.
However, this perhaps oldest human craft has by no means been forgotten, but is being researched, practiced and further developed by a growing stone-cutting community worldwide.
How can I make my own stone arrowheads and knives?
What equipment do I need?
Where can I find and how do I recognize suitable types of stone?
How do I make fire with flints?
How are hand axes, hatchets and spearheads shafted?
These and other questions are answered in detail by the proven experts Marquardt Lund and Wulf Hein. Numerous photos, drawings and descriptions are used to describe the techniques used today by experimental archaeologists and amateur chiselers as well as the authentic methods that could be observed in the Arctic, America and Australia in historical times. So everything is included, from simple chipping to elaborate flint daggers.
Tips for beginners and a catalog with numerous types from Europe, as well as spectacular pieces from all over the world, complete this do-it-yourself book. Those interested in archaeology will also find the basic equipment required for identification.
The book is characterized in particular by its outstanding clarity. High-quality photos and countless, carefully produced drawings show in detail and blow by blow how to do it and what to look out for.
THE STANDARD WORK on the subject of flintknapping!
ISBN: 978-3-938921-46-3
372 pages, softcover, 21 x 27 cm
