10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KNAPPING HAMMER»
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knapping hammer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Magdalenian Household: Unraveling Domesticity
... Productive soft mineral/ organic careful preparation and series of exploitable
blades 121 skilled knapping with few knapping hammer maintenance errors
Outstanding soft mineral/ organic perfect anticipation of technical large number of
long ...
Ezra Zubrow, Françoise Audouze , James G. Enloe,
2010
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The English dialect dictionary
Putting a new shaft into a knapping hammer, Cnocxzrr Kit Kennedy (1899) 265. n
.Cy. (].\V.) thJ Sixteen to twentyounces in weight. (91Dmt'. The hole outof which
two players tryto drive the ball in opposite directions (JAM.). 2. Ofa clock: to tick.
3
Flint chips, a guide to pre-historic archæology, as ...
5.) The face of the hammer is also set obliquely, so that the flint coming between
is operated upon as by the action of a pair of shears, intensified by percussion.
The knapping-hammer is made of fine steel : those constructed from nine-inch flat
...
Edward Thomas Stevens,
1870
4
The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great ...
To complete the manufacture, each flake is taken in the left hand, and cut off into
lengths of the width required for a gun-flint, by means of the knapping hammer
and the chisel fixed in the bench. The flake is placed over the chisel at the spot ...
5
Archaeological Concepts, Techniques, and Terminology for ...
... ifa block or log were used and with one hand holding the point of the pitching
tool very lightly and slantingly and at a wide angle against or just over the points
to be chipped, sharply tapping the tool with a maul or with a knapping hammer.
6
Firearms, the Law, and Forensic Ballistics, Second Edition
The highly skilled and precise knapping process used for the making of gunflints
involves the use of a knapping hammer, often made from a reshaped old file
attached to a hickory handle and a small anvil to support the flint as it is struck.
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The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great ...
To complete the manufacture, each flake is taken in the left hand, and cut off into
lengths of the width required for a gun-flint, by means of the knapping hammer
and the chisel fixed in the bench. The flake is placed over the chisel at the spot ...
Sir John Evans, T. E. Amyot,
1872
8
Nomenclature 3.0 for Museum Cataloging
... Round Drill, Star Float, Angle Float, Bull Float, Long Float, Texture Burin, Stone
Bushhammer Hammer, Ax Hammer, Brick Hammer, Crandall Hammer, Face
Hammer, Knapping Hammer, Mason's Hammer, Patent Hammer, Slater's
Hammer, ...
Paul Bourcier, Ruby Rogers, Nomenclature Committee,
2010
9
Arms and Armor in Colonial America, 1526-1783
The English flint was normally black with straight bevels across point and heel
produced by a single stroke of the knapping hammer. The Continental flints were
almost always of a greasy gray or whitish color, and the heels were rounded with
...
Harold Leslie Peterson,
2000
10
A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: ...
KNAPPING HAMMER, a hammer with a long shaft, for breaking stones into small
pieces, chiefly used to prepare materials for making or mending roads, Loth. ;
from E. knap, to strike smartly. KNAPPING-HOLE, s. A term, in the game of Shintie
, ...
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Good ol' fashioned fun
He had a flint knapping hammer, used to make gun flints, which he bought off e-bay. He said it was from Crown Point, N.Y.. Ironically, he noted ... «Towanda Daily Review, Aug 14»
Tips for Shooting Traditions' PA Pellet Flintlock ~ Video
For sure-fire results I had to use fresh flints and retouch them every few shots with a small knapping hammer. Gregg Ritts, then the CEO of ... «AmmoLand.com, Feb 14»