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When I went to the Maker Faire 5+ years ago, there was one small group of exhibits about making flint tools and other Stone Age implements (fiber cord, then you
by 205guy 6y ago
When I went to the Maker Faire 5+ years ago, there was one small group of exhibits about making flint tools and other Stone Age implements (fiber cord, then you can make a bow drill and make beads, etc.). They were really trying to revive the ideas and methods hat you are talking about. I don’t have any contact info, but it should be on google somewhere.
Somewhat related for the Bronze Age is the Clickspeing YouTube channel where the guy create bronze-working tools by hand and then uses them to re-create the Antikythera Mechanism. It is surprisingly complex, but he is meticulous and perfectionist with incredible results. Unfortunatel, he stopped posting halfway through, so I’m not sure what happened.
- cmrdporcupine 6y agoMy wife is an anthropology grad, in one of her classes they spent some time learning flint tool making. But it's really a skill that takes years. And of course we don't know for sure how a hand axe would have been made.