FLINT-KNAPPING
Mr. Frederick Edwards, one of tlio last half-do/en flint-knappers in the world, has died ;il Brandon, Suffolk, aged 03 years. I'Mmt-knappers arc concentrated in the villaKc.of Itrandon, and Mr. Edwards's Inmily has been in the industry, claimed fo be the oldest in the world, for 200 years. The business is to be carried on by Mr. Kdvards's son, Henry. The industry is slowly (lyiiiß. but flints are still used m damp countries. They arc exported to (.entral Africa, where flintlock K uns are still in use. The Unappcrs' tools consist oE tliree simple forms of hammer and chisel, which have remained almost imrliaiiffed for centuries. "Knapping" is cutImp flakes of flint transversely into sizes required for R im Hints, and an expert Unapper can finish about 2000 gun flints in a day.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 100, 2 May 1929, Page 9
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