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Gunflint knapping at Brandon
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Karlis Karklins <[log in to unmask]>
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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 5 May 2014 10:48:39 -0400
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​Hi all,

As some of you likely already know, there are a number of videos on YouTube
that show the flintknappers at Brandon, Suffolk, making gunflints in the
1920s and 30s. The process hasn't changed for 200 years (except for the use
of ventilators in the 20th century to ward off silicosis). It is fun to see
the process live.

Two examples are:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XPEoiY3NnI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYG0uHbZ7fQ

Karlis

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