Flintknapping is an ancient method used to make various stone tools. Join Cherokee National Treasure Noel Grayson as he discusses the processes and history behind the art form in this new episode of Cherokee Traditions.
VIDEO HERE (12:05 minutes)
Flintknapping is an ancient method used to make various stone tools. Join Cherokee National Treasure Noel Grayson as he discusses the processes and history behind the art form in this new episode of Cherokee Traditions.
VIDEO HERE (12:05 minutes)
Really interesting.
ReplyDeleteThat man is an excellent teacher.
That was pretty cool. Years ago I went to Red Clay on a Harley and then rode The Trail of Tears into Mississippi. I wanted to go on to Tahlequah but didn't have the time. I swung North up into Indiana and then to The Serpent Mound in Ohio and home to Virginia.
ReplyDeleteI the late 1970s I read an article in a medical trade journal of how surgeons were using knapped stone blades. They cut very precise. The tools were sent back to be re-knapped somewhere off site.
ReplyDeleteIt's incredible how sharp a thin flake of good flint is. Can literally not realize you cut yourself until you see blood.
ReplyDeleteHave seen some other flint knappers in person, and they can do amazing work. Obsidian points and tools are my favorites, so sharp you can shave with them.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the rabbit hole. Must have watched a dozen videos of Cherokee traditions. I live in Union County, Georgia not far from the origins of the Trail of Tears. Choestoe is a Cherokee word for “land of the dancing rabbit, is well remembered in our county. Too many Cherokee families were uprooted and sent on the Trail of Tears after gold was discovered, yet many descendants still live here.
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