Galleting
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Galleting, sometimes known as garreting or garneting, is an architectural technique in which spalls are pushed into wet mortar joints during the construction of a masonry building. The term comes from
This detail from St. James Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, PA (U.S.) shows a typical use of galleting.
The main building of West Dean College in Sussex, England is an example of using flint galleting in flint walls.
A house in Puttenham, Surrey, England prominently displays galleting.
St James' Episcopal Church in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (U.S.) is a rare example of galleting outside of England.
Knapping
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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 produ
Galleting
…eclectic materials used as gallets include brick, tile, beach pebbles, glass, and oyster shells. In higher status buildings, galleting was superseded by square knapping the flints to produce flat, squared stones that produced a surface with little exposed mortar. It is unclear whether galleting performs a practical…
Flintknapping a stone tool
A leather leg guard protects the knapper from being injured by the edges of the flint.
Soft hammer knapping
Aztec stone knives