Stone chipping demonstration or Flintknapping with Tom Lucas

Flint Knapping is slowly becoming a lost art and (as we found out) is a very dangerous one.  Tom Lucas who is a local artist and ancient native tool expert gave an amazing stone chipping demonstration otherwise known as flintknapping.  A technique used by native Americans and passed down through generations, though Mr. Lucas was self-taught. Tom Lucas taught himself, as a boy, flint knapping through trial and error.  He was extremely entertaining and told several Continue reading