Knapper's Guide to Flint Technology of Scandinavia, Daggers, Axes - Book 5

Into his 5th Knapper’s Guide book,  D.C. Waldorf has poured everything he has learned about Nordic flint technology over the past 40 years into a single massive volume! The combination of two earlier books and several CHIPS articles along with revisions and much new material it is divided onto 17 sections. The first two sections are on the geography and flint sources of Southern Scandinavia and North Germany. The third is an introduction to the prehistory and artifacts of the area’s Stone Age up to the advent of the Late Neolithic, or Dagger Period. This part was done early while DC’s wife, Val, was still alive and is mostly illustrated with her excellent line art. Section 4 is an introduction to Nordic flint axes. Section 5 goes into the details of how they are made featuring photo essays on thin-butted and thick-butted square sectioned axes. In Section 6 is a Portfolio of Axes featuring many fine specimens in full color photos. Section 7 Nordic Flint Daggers 101 is quick introduction