Whether you are new just thinking about learning the art of working stone - you will truly enjoy and learn from DC Waldorf's excellent and legendary book, The Art of Flint Knapping. All the basics you need are covered here. Everything from choosing rock, spalling nodules, working off a square edged slab and more. Learn about both abo (horn & bone) as well as copper tools. Find lithic (ROCK) resources and heat treating temperatures. If you're interested in learning flintknapping, you will love this book. It is a soft cover book of about 100 pages full of diagrams and photos. It measures about 8-1/2 x 11 inches.