ORIGINAL: cayugad
It would be fascinating to have the opportunity to watch Mr. Fuller knap flints. I would bet he does it so fast and clean that it would boggle my inexperienced mind. I also have been thinging over the same lines as you are. In that when he retires, there will be a very limited supply of them left and those you do find might not be of the same quality...
Be interesting to know how big the operation is...how many knappers are at work...I read somewhere that the average experienced knapper does4 gunflints/minute...that would be acouple hundredan hour...might not be all that many people involved...I'd also like to see the operation first hand