: a hammer having a medium-weight head with two slightly convex faces used for knapping stone.

What is knapping hammer used for?

Knapping is the shaping of flint, chert, obsidian or other conchoidal fracturing stone through the process of lithic reduction to manufacture stone tools, strikers for flintlock firearms, or to produce flat-faced stones for building or facing walls, and flushwork decoration.

What does the word knapping mean?

verb. knapped; knapping. Definition of knap (Entry 2 of 2) transitive verb. 1 : to break with a quick blow especially : to shape (something, such as flints) by breaking off pieces.