COSHOCTON − People attending the Coshocton Flint Festival and Knap-In said they come in for two main reasons — friends and flint. The event going for more than 40 years was held at the Coshocton ...

Arrowheads can be found in many places throughout the world, but they didn’t get there on their own. Flint knapping is the art of making such things as arrowheads, stone tools, knives, etc., by slowly ...

The past came alive Saturday afternoon at Napa Valley Museum in Yountville with an ancient arrow-making technique that was essential to the survival of Native American tribes throughout the country.

Jim Fisher of Grand Island, N.Y., demonstrates the launch of an atlatl during the Bald Eagle Knap-in at Camp Anderson north of Tyrone on Friday. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski TYRONE — Anyone who ...

The Coshocton Flint Festival and Knap-In is May 24 to 26 at the Coshocton County Fairgrounds. It's the second year locally for the event once at Flint Ridge in Heath. The event will feature craftsmen ...

It's several times sharper than surgical steel and has an iridescent beauty that masks its use as a deadly tool. It's obsidian — a hard, dark volcanic glass used for thousands of years by American ...

Bob Briggs has been flintknapping for years, but his hobby dates back to the early days of humanity. Flintknapping is an ancient skill where craftsmen turn stones into sharp arrowheads, and thanks to ...

Dave Schorn sits on a stool, whacking a piece of Danish flint with a heavy copper shaft called a billet. Flakes and chunks of the stone fall to the floor. It is not hard to imagine a native hunter ...

The Coshocton Flint Festival and Knap-In goes back 40 years, but is in its second year in Coshocton. It features various vendors and artisans making arrowheads, spears, stone tools and more. Flint ...