I knew someone who used to flintknap stone, just to see how it could have been done.
He said it was incredibly frustrating.
Seriously, people who learn the technique can put edges on the stone with amazing speed.
He said it was incredibly frustrating.
I still know a guy that makes arrow heads, spear heads etc. It took him a long time to become and expert but he persevered, I guess it is just something you have to want to do for one reason or another.
Some archaeologists do that sort of thing regularly so that there are individuals who are known for it. It seems to have started because of speculation about how long it took to actually make those things and puzzlement that there were so many just left around at animal kills. They found out that with a lot pf practice they could make the points fast enough that they were, indeed, disposable. A lot of points were not removed from carcasses and reused.
Well, in the stone age they didn’t have TV and the www to burn up their time. ;’)