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David Hees of Jefferson City uses a copper-tipped flaker to put the finishing touches on a flint spear tip during a gathering by the River City Flintknappers. Photo by Kris Wilson.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
More than one deer has come down from primitive weapons.
For his Indian-style flat bow Shannon Block makes himself, he prefers to use a wooden arrow with an arrowhead tip.
When that sharpened, hand-worked stone chipped, he decided to learn how to mend it and make his own.
“This is my first flint-knapping venture,” Block said. “But I’ve been building bows for about 20 years.”
Block attended a Knap-In with the River Hills Flintknappers this weekend in rural Linn.
The group, which has tripled in size in the last year, meets every two months at a member’s home in the Mid-Missouri area.
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