Flint Arrowheads?

[SamuraiDave]

Is there a website or a tutorial out there for "How to make flint arrowheads"? I am curious as to how they are made.

Thanks.

 

[Will'em]

Hears one, Its made from a beer bottle though easier to Find

http://www.vikingmetalworks.com//library.html

click on from beer bottle to spearhead

 

[lagarto]

Samuraidave,
Good luck with it, I've knapped a couple times, and it takes some practice to get things right. You actually don't want to work with true flint, although you can, obsidian or chert is a much better stone. Obsidian can be thinned down to a single molecule, and is very, very sharp. Weat gloves, or at least expect to wind up with lots of little cuts. The good news is they are almost surgical and don't hurt much. Also, if you can get some antler to make a pressure flaker it really helps. If you send me an email and include your address I'd be glad to send you off a small obsidian nodule to work with,I think I have an extra somewhere. You might try finding a copy of the magazine 'Primitive Archer' it tells how to make different types of aboriginal bows, and tools, and there is almost always at least one article on arrowheads, or spear points. Good Luck.
Lagarto

 

[Paracelsus]

This is a good site for knapping info:

The Knappers Corner

Lots of links to more web sites, books, knapping groups!

Another great site with tutorials is:

the flintknapper.com

Also see:

Dan Long's Knapping page and theWasicun stone knives for examples of stone knives for sale

Have fun!

Paracelsus