{"title":"F. Scott Crawford","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-space-age-kids-guide-to-the-stone-age-skill-of-flint-knapping-making-arrowheads-out-of-rock-paperback","title":"The Space Age Kid's Guide To The Stone Age Skill Of Flint Knapping: Making Arrowheads Out Of Rock - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Space Age Kid's Guide To The Stone Age Skill Of Flint Knapping Making Arrowheads Out Of Rock.For curious kids and young scientists alike ... who want to try it for themselves. Learn that ancient human craft of breaking stone to make tools and hunting weapons ... you can get the basics in just a few minutes. Mastery of the skills of flint knapping can take years. This is the information you need to get started. Welcome to flint knapping ... the ancient art and craft of breaking natural stone to produce tools and hunting weapons. The essential survival skill of untold generations of human beings around the globe. These are the same processes which people used for thousands of years, in all regions of the world, before the discovery of metals and the various ways to make metal tools. By trying out these skills, you will learn how to break rock so you really can make stone arrowheads yourself. First, we will look at examples of ancient stone artifacts, for reference and for inspiration. Then, you will be introduced to the ancient and modern tools of flint knapping and resources for getting or making those tools. We will also discuss readily available and workable alternative tools which can be used to do the work for a new stone knapper. We will look at some different kinds of stone and rock which can be used for making arrowheads. You'll see stone breaking processes: first, percussion activities which are useful for making chips and blades. Then, pressure flaking techniques which are used to shape chips and blades of stone into a variety of planned arrow points. Some ancient technical secrets of the skill will be disclosed and illustrated, including specific ways to prepare the stone for pressure flaking, trimming the thin edges and using grind stones to abrade the edge so your flaking tool gets a good grip and does not slip off when you apply pressure at the edge. And we will talk about the attitude and intent which is needed to break stone ... to master it. It's all here in \"The Space Age Kid's Guide To The Stone Age Skill Of Flint Knapping Making Arrowheads Out Of Rock\". Now, let's get started. Order your copy today. Read it and study it for a few hours, enjoy the hobby and skill of flint knapping for many years. 61 pages, full color.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51319890968799,"sku":"9781500628383","price":26.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/4B0Hr2o8OB9781500628383.webp?v=1788374447"},{"product_id":"gunther-gunther-gunther-whats-a-gunther-arrowhead-paperback","title":"Gunther. Gunther? Gunther!: What's A \"Gunther\" Arrowhead? - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eGunther. Gunther? Gunther! What's A \"Gunther\" Arrowhead? Across the Pacific Northwest (northern California, Oregon, Washington) and the northwestern ranges of the Great Basin (northern Nevada) arrowhead collectors of all stripes ... farmers, ranchers, gardeners, hunters, oldsters and youngsters, students and archaeologists ... have long treasured the discovery of \"Gunther\" style arrowheads. Some collectors have only ever seen one or two examples, broken and imperfect. Here are several fine and even excellent examples of the multiple, regional variations on the \"Gunther\" arrowhead theme. In close-up photographs so you can see the details of the common elements and special differences in their form and design. With information about where, when and by whom these ancient arrowheads were found, many with evaluations of their authenticity by respected opinion leaders. 90 pages. With the surprising and even shocking story of the origin of the \"Gunther\" arrowhead name. Gunther. Gunther? Gunther! What's A \"Gunther\" Arrowhead? For arrowhead collectors of every age and from every region of the country ... especially the Pacific Northwest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51319915512031,"sku":"9781500884949","price":33.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/e3yEEdpx-89781500884949.webp?v=1788374489"},{"product_id":"debitage-bits-pieces-remnants-left-behind-by-for-flint-knappers-flint-knapping-steps-processes-paperback","title":"DEBITAGE Bits \u0026 Pieces ... Remnants Left Behind ... By \u0026 For Flint Knappers: \"Flint Knapping\" Steps \u0026 Processes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"DEBITAGE\" Bits \u0026amp; Pieces ... Remnants Left Behind ... By \u0026amp; For Flint Knappers.That's what debitage was ... and that's what \"DEBITAGE\" is. Tidbits of flint knapping knowledge and skills compiled for those curious folks who want to know how to make stone projectile points ... arrowheads ... for themselves.Now you can enjoy this compilation of a series of \"DEBITAGE\" newsletters with key sequences of specific steps and processes in flint knapping: --Soft Hammer Percussion--Cores \u0026amp; Blade Making by Percussion--Chunks \u0026amp; Spalls for Knapping--Chips to Points for Pressure Work--A Wheel of Points Finished Work--Edge Preparation for Percussion--Isolated Platforms for Percussion--Power Pressure Flaking for Results--Serrating An Edge for Impact--Notching for Attaching to Shafts--Percussion Fluting for Big Game.And more ... with lots of resources, practice projects, and specialized information based on many years of experience and study.\"DEBITAGE\" Bits \u0026amp; Pieces ... Remnants Left Behind ... By \u0026amp; For Flint Knappers.54 pages, full color, photo illustrated throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51319926882527,"sku":"9781518697265","price":40.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Ad0uqR06Xc9781518697265.webp?v=1788374510"},{"product_id":"making-your-first-clovis-spear-point-paperback","title":"Making Your First \"CLOVIS\" Spear Point - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaking Your First \"CLOVIS\" Spear Point.A photo-illustrated introduction to making flint \"Clovis\" style spear and lance points ... the hunting weapon used by pioneering human populations in North America to hunt mammoths, mastodons and other mega fauna at the end of the Ice Age. For those interested in flint knapping and learning how these special stone hunting weapons were made long ago. Here's to your first \"Clovis\" spear point.48 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51319975674079,"sku":"9781505977066","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/sLwBJMdkz89781505977066.webp?v=1788374612"},{"product_id":"flint-knapping-projectile-points-arrow-dart-spear-points-of-stone-paperback","title":"Flint Knapping Projectile Points: Arrow, Dart \u0026 Spear Points of Stone - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlint Knapping Projectile Points\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e Arrow, Dart \u0026amp; Spear Points of Stone \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFor those whose interest in the traditions and science of the human story is enhanced by the actual doing ... so much more so than by being entranced by \"virtual reality\" ... this book provides many examples of ancient stone projectile points and experience-based instruction on how to make stone projectile points of your own. For thousands of years, these hunting weapons helped provide for families who walked these lands long before any of us. There is so much we can learn from them. 108 pages, full color throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51320622678239,"sku":"9798465365031","price":53.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/CIKfYSDwl9798465365031.webp?v=1788380929"},{"product_id":"flint-knapping-20-12-volume-iv-the-arrowhead-makers-correspondence-course-paperback","title":"Flint Knapping 20.12 -- Volume IV: The Arrowhead Maker's Correspondence Course - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou will learn the secrets to build a solid foundation in the essential aspects of the ancient \"Flint Knapping\" craft. This fourth volume is a combined set from the 24-lesson correspondence course \"FLINT KNAPPING 20.12\" which brings you the Bonus Lessons #1 through #4.Each lesson is fully illustrated, with easy to understand directions about an important aspect of creating tools and hunting weapons from stone.Richly photographed, with lots of examples, these lessons give you the methods and techniques.How much you accomplish with it all is up to you. Prepare, practice and produce!Here is a list of topics prepared for the fourth set, the Bonus Lessons after the complete 24 lesson series from \"FLINT KNAPPING 20.12\" --Necessity -- Mother Of Invention--Clovis \u0026amp; Agate Basin -- Paleo Period--Ishi Arrow Points -- End Of The Stone Age--Folsom \u0026amp; Cumberland -- Indirect PercussionVolume 3 presented Lessons #1 through #8.Volume 2 presented Lessons #9 through #16.Volume 3 presented Lessons #17 through #24.Each lesson from \"FLINT KNAPPING 20.12\" is designed to introduce flint knapping methods and ideas in an additive order so you will learn and use them progressively to begin making arrowheads for yourself, with increasing skill and confidence as you learn and practice.24 comprehensive steps -- your fast track to making arrowheads yourself.\"FLINT KNAPPING 20.12\".74 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51320664752351,"sku":"9781494770143","price":53.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/YHkQW1IFjx9781494770143.webp?v=1788381000"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/f-scott-crawford.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}