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Title: Knapping Folks "Roll Call"?
Post by: Lee Slikkers on February 05, 2011, 09:20:47 pm
I was just thinking it would be great to know if any Knappers are in my "general" area.  Maybe folks wouldn't mind posting up their locations or possible gathering of Knappers in the area?

I am located in SW lower Michigan (Holland)

Many thanks,

Lee
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Post by: nugget on February 05, 2011, 09:49:52 pm
Wilkes County NC
I have at least 2 get togethers at my place a year
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Post by: sailordad on February 05, 2011, 09:56:07 pm
central minnesota
45 mins or so north of minneapolis
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Post by: rileyconcrete on February 05, 2011, 11:13:29 pm
SW Idaho

Tell
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Post by: BOXTOP on February 06, 2011, 01:31:32 am
Gordon  Smith Mt. Lake, Va.  about 17 miles from Roanoke
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Post by: jamie on February 06, 2011, 10:53:23 am
waterbury, connecticut
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Post by: mullet on February 06, 2011, 12:29:16 pm
 Lakeland, Fl., 1/2 hour SW of the mouse.
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Post by: Bill Skinner on February 06, 2011, 01:19:27 pm
South west Alabama, not really close to anywhere.  Some people are just lucky.  Bill
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Post by: JEB on February 06, 2011, 02:20:48 pm
Lee, I am a beginner knapper in Muskegon.  go to Michigan Flintknappers.com and you will find a web site for the 'un-official" club web site run by a Mr. Love.  He posts knap-ins etc. in Michigan.  I have been to a couple and the knappers are great guys who have been very helpful to me with instruction.
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Post by: jamie on February 06, 2011, 02:29:28 pm
eddie this may be a good post to stick at the top.  ;D
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Post by: Outbackbob48 on February 06, 2011, 02:49:38 pm
NW Penna. 15 miles south of the mistake on the lake (Erie, Pa)  Home of Lake effect snows 8)
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Post by: cowboy on February 06, 2011, 03:03:18 pm
North Central TX, but I did build you a water tower in Zeeland  :).
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Post by: Tower on February 06, 2011, 03:24:47 pm
South East Texas, Wharton county.
Title: Re: Knapping Folks "Roll Call"?
Post by: Lee Slikkers on February 06, 2011, 05:51:17 pm
Lee, I am a beginner knapper in Muskegon.  go to Michigan Flintknappers.com and you will find a web site for the 'un-official" club web site run by a Mr. Love.  He posts knap-ins etc. in Michigan.  I have been to a couple and the knappers are great guys who have been very helpful to me with instruction.

Thanks JEB, I just poked around that site but there was no contact info for Mr. Love and the Knap-In schedule was from 2009...do you know if they are still current or of any upcoming Knap-ins?  Thanks again, Lee
Title: Re: Knapping Folks "Roll Call"?
Post by: Lee Slikkers on February 06, 2011, 05:53:40 pm
North Central TX, but I did build you a water tower in Zeeland  :).

Hey Cowboy, that is pretty cool!  One of my best buds from High School days lived in Zeeland...we've climbed that Tower and "left our mark" so to speak  >:D

Thanks, Lee
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Post by: bubby on February 07, 2011, 02:17:46 am
Red Bluff, California
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Post by: crooketarrow on February 07, 2011, 06:25:31 am
   BERELY CO. WV
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Post by: Stringman on February 07, 2011, 11:29:50 am
Jacksonville, Illinois
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Post by: JackCrafty on February 07, 2011, 11:59:21 am
Midland, West Texas.  We have a knap-in in Odessa once a month.  ;D
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Post by: Wolf Watcher on February 07, 2011, 12:13:20 pm
Don't know if I qualify, but from Meeteetse, Wyoming--Wood River.  Indian Joe
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Post by: Lobo69ss on February 07, 2011, 11:45:15 pm
North central Indiana here... Anyone else close by?
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Post by: Hardawaypoints on February 07, 2011, 11:59:16 pm
Hillsborough, North Carolina.

Jim
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Post by: Lee Slikkers on February 08, 2011, 09:53:07 am
North central Indiana here... Anyone else close by?

I'm roughly an hour North of the Indiana border...however, I'm a complete novice at Knapping.
 
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Post by: Lobo69ss on February 09, 2011, 12:38:37 am
I`m only about 10 minutes south of the line... any chance you`d care to get together this comming weekend?  I`ll be at a "get outta the house" camp in Fremont, IN, with a group of living history re-enactors... just taking a weekend off to enjoy a little camplife, woodsmoke & friendship.  We camp at a place called Wildwinds Buffalo Ranch there in Fremont a couple times a year & have started a winter camp to clear the cobwebs of the mind & get away from the flatlanders for a while...   ::)  PM me if you`d like directions & bring your knapping kit, I`ll have mine there to pass some of the time.
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Post by: iowabow on February 13, 2011, 03:24:38 am
 I am in Burlington Ia that is southeast iowa. Stringman how from is Jacksonville from here?
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Post by: Bone pile on February 13, 2011, 11:06:17 am
SW Florida Coast,Venive area Shark toof capital
Bone pile
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Post by: DirtyDan on February 13, 2011, 10:17:20 pm
We have a monthly knap in in Newnan, Georgia (45 mi SW of Atl)
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Post by: piper on February 14, 2011, 12:02:01 am
Foot hills of Western North Carolina..Rutherfordton.................Come an see me...............Curt
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Post by: stickbender on February 14, 2011, 04:17:37 am

     I'm three hours east, south east of Mullet, in Port St. Lucie, just below Ft. Pierce.  I am an amateur rock cruncher.  I can make a debitage pile in no time. ::)  The higher the quality, beauty, and price of the rock, the faster I can make a pile! ;D

                                                                        Wayne
Title: Re: Knapping Folks "Roll Call"?
Post by: JustinNC on February 14, 2011, 12:33:29 pm

     I'm three hours east, south east of Mullet, in Port St. Lucie, just below Ft. Pierce.  I am an amateur rock cruncher.  I can make a debitage pile in no time. ::)  The higher the quality, beauty, and price of the rock, the faster I can make a pile! ;D

                                                                        Wayne

Amen to that.....I bought rock, not even top quality, ONCE.....

I'm going to work on "local" (hour and a half away) rhyolite and learn on that, or nothing at all!!
Title: Re: Knapping Folks "Roll Call"?
Post by: Lee Slikkers on February 14, 2011, 02:29:29 pm
I`m only about 10 minutes south of the line... any chance you`d care to get together this comming weekend?  I`ll be at a "get outta the house" camp in Fremont, IN, with a group of living history re-enactors... just taking a weekend off to enjoy a little camplife, woodsmoke & friendship.  We camp at a place called Wildwinds Buffalo Ranch there in Fremont a couple times a year & have started a winter camp to clear the cobwebs of the mind & get away from the flatlanders for a while...   ::)  PM me if you`d like directions & bring your knapping kit, I`ll have mine there to pass some of the time.

Lobo69ss, looks like I missed a good opportunity to meet some folks and pick up some pointers.  Sorry about that...  If you guys have another "gathering" and don't mind a new guy please drop me a PM or whatever as I am very interested in seeing some hands on work.  Many thanks,
Title: Re: Knapping Folks "Roll Call"?
Post by: RickB on March 02, 2011, 09:29:58 am
Hi folks, I've been lurking quite a while and enjoy the forum. I'm Rick B, I've been knapping for three years and am from Columbia, SC. I've only been to one knapp-in and it was the one in Chapel Hill last year. Rick B
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Post by: stickbender on March 03, 2011, 04:13:24 am

     Dang Justin !  You are a glutton for punishment!  That is like skipping flight school, and going right into combat! :o  That is some tough stuff!  You going to use those dogwood baseball bats too? ;D ;D

                                                                      Wayne
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Post by: JustinNC on March 14, 2011, 12:22:02 am
It's not tough if you don't know better! Just trying to be loyal to our rock here in NC hah
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Post by: David M. Kidd on March 17, 2011, 06:29:47 pm
Knoxville Tn
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Post by: Elktracker on March 25, 2011, 10:31:27 pm
Just getting started Im from Netarts just out of Tillamook Oregon

Josh
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Post by: rockbob on March 25, 2011, 10:43:05 pm
Rockbob here, I live in Forest City, North Carolina
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Post by: Elktracker on March 25, 2011, 10:51:58 pm
Welcome rockbob ;D
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Post by: jamie on March 26, 2011, 12:54:04 am
think im gonna move south cause there aint nobody saying new england!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: stickbender on March 26, 2011, 04:05:40 am

     Jamie, they are all down here!  :o My Girlfriend is from Fall River, and her Sister, and her Husband, and one son, are living down here, her other Sister's brother n law and Sister n law are living down here, Her Brother is down visiting with her now, her Niece, and her Husband, and Daughter, just left Monday morning.  I can't go into a store, without hearing someone speak, that never had an "R", and doesn't know what to do with it, when they get one, or how to pronounce it. ::)  So you might as well come on down also.  But bring a load of Chaga with you, cause there isn't any down here.  That I know of at least. 


                                                                               Wayne
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Post by: jamie on March 26, 2011, 09:15:18 am
florida has too many things that bite, im thinking the carolinas.  :)
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Post by: JustinNC on March 27, 2011, 07:48:22 pm
florida has too many things that bite, im thinking the carolinas.  :)

Come on, I need somebody to beat on this concrete down here with me.
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Post by: fishfinder401 on April 03, 2011, 03:30:30 am

     Jamie, they are all down here!  :o My Girlfriend is from Fall River, and her Sister, and her Husband, and one son, are living down here, her other Sister's brother n law and Sister n law are living down here, Her Brother is down visiting with her now, her Niece, and her Husband, and Daughter, just left Monday morning.  I can't go into a store, without hearing someone speak, that never had an "R", and doesn't know what to do with it, when they get one, or how to pronounce it. ::)  So you might as well come on down also.  But bring a load of Chaga with you, cause there isn't any down here.  That I know of at least. 


                                                                               Wayne
no R's ???....... im guessing rhode island(aka the best state there is ;D)
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Post by: cowboy on April 03, 2011, 07:57:54 pm
Jamie: you could move down here to TX and build yourself a very fine stone house from chert ;D.
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Post by: jamie on April 03, 2011, 10:23:04 pm
id never getit built!!!
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Post by: cowboy on April 03, 2011, 10:36:11 pm
hahahaha, I can imagine. Ain't shittin ya though, you could ;D.
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Post by: onedeer on April 05, 2011, 01:53:55 am
New Knapper. Started at Silver River Knappin in Fl. Live in Leesburg, Fl, any one nearby?
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Post by: Bone pile on April 05, 2011, 09:18:28 am
welcome onedeer you knock that bucket of rockapart yet ;D
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Post by: onedeer on April 05, 2011, 03:17:17 pm
Hey Bone Pile, I was hoping youd see this. Been breaking rocks and cutting fingers no tools yet. hope all is well with You. Thanks for the teachings.
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Post by: venisonburger on April 11, 2011, 11:05:14 pm
I'm in the U.P., about 4 hours from the bridge
VB
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Post by: stickbender on April 12, 2011, 04:53:26 am

     VB, above or below? ;) ;D




                                                         Wayne
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Post by: Ncsnipe on April 15, 2011, 12:07:55 am
New Bern, N.C. near the coast. The most rock poor place in the world!
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Post by: fishfinder401 on April 15, 2011, 02:09:03 am
New Bern, N.C. near the coast. The most rock poor place in the world!
second to Rhode island :'(
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Post by: jamie on April 15, 2011, 09:56:48 am
hey fishfinder im in connecticut. should hook up . i have a primitive gathering on june 11+12 in woodbury, ct . flintknapping, bowmaking, all kinds of primitive skills. let me know if yore interested i'll send more info. if not figure something else out.
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Post by: swamp yeti on April 15, 2011, 10:29:30 am
Pete Atkins,Eden N.C.I am nearer to Martinsville Va.Lots of ryolite shale,silidified sandstone and one jasper location always looking for rock.
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Post by: flungonin on May 08, 2011, 11:36:53 pm
Concider myself a novice. I can knapp bottles but not that good yet. Least ways not as good as the Knapped rocks showing up on this site. I have Flint,Black Odsidian, Red Jasper, Glass and Mahogany. Haven't went to any Knapp in's yet. 
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Post by: toms22 on May 16, 2011, 01:10:14 am
 I live in Winston Salem NC   Very few flintknappers around here. Very hard to learn, but learn from mistakes
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Post by: Ncsnipe on May 18, 2011, 07:47:34 pm
Hey toms22 there are several guys in your area. Post a need help and see what happens.
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Post by: crooketarrow on May 25, 2011, 09:35:39 am
  BERKELEY CO. WV.
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Post by: crooketarrow on May 25, 2011, 09:39:54 am
  Spelled it right this time.
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Post by: nclonghunter on May 25, 2011, 05:10:03 pm
Near the Yadkin River, North Carolina...only Rhyolite beast to be found here, but I hear that an excellent green Rhyolite is guarded by Big Foot some where near here.
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Post by: wvbowhntr on May 25, 2011, 09:09:17 pm
I live in Elkview WV I played with a little noviculite i got with my flaker but since then Ive been learning on some tough local rock its definitely a challenge but it is what we have around here so I have plenty to practice with.
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Post by: stickwhittler on June 01, 2011, 02:12:13 am
I'm a beginning knapper from Wilmington, NC.  Going to the Schiele Museum in August to learn some skills.  I was also fortunate enough to meet James Parker this past weekend.  Unfortunately, he lives six hours from me but I'll save my pennies for gas money to learn from him!
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Post by: beetlebailey1977 on July 11, 2011, 02:57:42 pm
Great post.....I am in the learning process also.  I would love to meet some folks near me.  I am from Reevesville, SC.  Off of exit 77 on I-95 near St. George.
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Post by: gstoneberg on July 16, 2011, 10:37:23 pm
I'm a beginning knapper too, I've been meeting jackcrafter (Patrick) for knapping lessons.  He's helped me a ton.  I'm in the  Dallas, Texas suburb of St Paul.  Hope to meet as many knappers as I can.

George
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Post by: neuse on July 24, 2011, 10:37:04 am
Dallas suburb, Carrollton TX.
Anybody close by?
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Post by: gstoneberg on July 24, 2011, 05:29:35 pm
Depends on your definition of close. ;D  I aint much of a knapper yet.  George
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Post by: Jimbob on August 11, 2011, 04:33:09 pm
Fayetteville, NC.  Originally from Houston Tx.  Spent 7 years active duty Army here at Ft. Bragg.  Ive only been knapping a couple of months and Im hooked.
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Post by: Gus on August 11, 2011, 05:03:15 pm
Newbie Knapper, (Turning Good Rock to Rubble) located on the West side of Houston.
Not sure where one might pick rock up off the ground in this area.

-gus
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Post by: spiritoftherock1 on August 19, 2011, 01:52:23 am
Hiya all, new to the forum, I have been knapping for several years, I live in Courtland, Virginia. The only knapper in SE Va I think. Good chipping all.

                             
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Post by: hawkshaman on September 01, 2011, 02:24:24 pm
I'm in Wilmington, NC.
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Post by: mullet on September 01, 2011, 10:28:28 pm
 Gus;
  I-10, on the north side of Houston, there is a landscape place that sells Perdanales by the truck load. Everytime I'm out there with my truck they are closed when I get off work.
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Post by: Gus on September 02, 2011, 12:16:59 am
Mullet,

Searching my memory for the place you mention but am coming up blank.
Is it on I-10 proper?
I'd be happy to track it down.
If its on the north side of town, are you thinking of the 610 loop?
Or maybe I-10 just north of Downtown?

-gus
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Post by: n2everythg on September 02, 2011, 12:06:06 pm
Well I haven't knapped in a while but I suppose I could still break a rock or 2 if I threw it down on cement.

This is a cool thread tho.

I'm in Winston NC

wade
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Post by: LeeNY on September 13, 2011, 11:27:31 am
Marathon, NY
30 miles North of Binghamton
40 miles south of Syracuse

I've been to one of Craig Ratzat's knapping schools that he has in Owego every year.
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Post by: ordcorpdw on October 09, 2011, 05:11:21 am
Well I might change my forum name to rubblemaker....but I'm from Yuma, AZ and have been bitten by a self reliance bug. Plenty of cuts in the palms from trying to get it right. Enthralled by the art I see others make. Anyone near by I can glean some knapping knowledge from?
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Post by: ordcorpdw on October 09, 2011, 05:12:51 am
Well I might change my forum name to rubblemaker....but I'm from Yuma, AZ and have been bitten by a self reliance bug. Plenty of cuts in the palms from trying to get it right. Enthralled by the art I see others make. Anyone near by I can glean some knapping knowledge from?
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Post by: bowtarist on October 12, 2011, 02:40:36 am
Derik Gratz, just East of Bloomington, Indiana in the beautiful hills and hollars of Brown/Monroe county.  Anybody close,...look me up I'm in the book. 
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Post by: iowabow on October 12, 2011, 02:50:02 pm
but what does the name mean
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Post by: ducosniffer on October 20, 2011, 02:42:05 pm
Southeast Missouri here
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Post by: RogueIndian on November 13, 2011, 09:03:41 pm
Covina area, Los Angeles, CA
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Post by: mjflinty on November 17, 2011, 07:13:50 pm
Michael Miller, been knapping 20 years and recently moved to Jacksonville NC. It'd be great to meet some local knappers. Feel free to message me.

Good chipping,
Michael
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Post by: Jimbob on November 17, 2011, 10:01:52 pm
Glad to have you on here MJ, Fayetteville here. 
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Post by: jpayne on November 28, 2011, 11:34:41 am
Bristol Virginia some of the local knappers  have a knap in  at Sycamore Shoals State  Historic area  Elizabethton  TN every October  its all abo  tools
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Post by: UncleMike on December 30, 2011, 03:44:48 am
Jasper Ga. in the foothills of north Ga i started knapping less than a year ago. Always looking for more knappable rock!
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Post by: Knapper on January 14, 2012, 07:54:36 pm
Southeast corner OK. been knappen for a couple of years now but bow building has consumed most all my time now.
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Post by: thePyper on January 16, 2012, 07:45:48 am
Im in Knoxville, TN & am looking for a group in the area. Cant imagine there arent a bunch of knappers around, but no luck finding anybody yet. Im just a couple months into it--self taught via YouTube & some reading.
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Post by: David_Daugherty on February 10, 2012, 10:26:45 pm
Andalusia Alabama.
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Post by: Wataugan on February 22, 2012, 11:58:48 am
Just another North Carolina knapper. 

Boone, NC in the mountains of Western NC

Bob Holder
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Post by: Jimbob on February 23, 2012, 01:07:11 am
Welcome Wataugan, youll like it here.  How long have you been knapping?
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Post by: Baldmoose on February 25, 2012, 02:51:38 pm
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
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Post by: turtle on March 03, 2012, 02:36:47 am
     Southeastern Ohio, Morgan county.  Not sure if you can call what i do knapping,but i can destroy perfectly good rock in a hurry.
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Post by: Tower on March 03, 2012, 02:44:28 am
Turtle , sounds like a knapper in the making to me. Go ahead & destroy that rock! The good lord is makin more as we speak!   Tower.
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Post by: D. Tiller on March 08, 2012, 08:39:03 pm
Freeland, WA on Whidbey Island.

Yeah...I'm and Islander...NOT a Highlander!!!!  :o
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Post by: vinemaplebows on March 14, 2012, 03:19:35 am
Montesano Wa., not far from the coast.
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Post by: PAHunter on March 22, 2012, 07:48:07 pm
Wexford, PA - Just north of Pittsburgh.  I'm starting from square 1, or maybe 0.  If you know of any "knap-ins", get togethers, in driving distance please let me know! 

Thanks!
Rob
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Post by: maddog314 on April 20, 2012, 12:44:44 am
I thought I put mine on here, I gues I didn't... Richland Missouri...
Micah
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Post by: Bear Claw on May 07, 2012, 05:12:50 am
Northwest Arkansas here.
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Post by: jamie on May 07, 2012, 10:28:01 pm
hey pahunter. i have a primitive skills gathering coming up on june 9-10. here in connecticut if its notto far. also one of the biggest knap ins is in letchworth park in western new york in august
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Post by: Youngboyer2(billyf) on May 21, 2012, 01:06:13 am
Somers,NY. Breaking lots o' glass and have no qualms about it.
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Post by: Griffin027 on August 23, 2012, 01:22:29 pm
I am from SW Missouri, Newton County, don't know how to knapp anything but would love to learn! ~Morgan
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Post by: Sagebrush Lithics on November 01, 2012, 04:40:58 pm
Hey Lee! Fuzz from Wyoming here, nice to see you posting here.
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Post by: ionicmuffin on November 01, 2012, 05:17:02 pm
Im from Puget Sound Washington. Stared knapping, and getting there, but much slower, i think, than if i were to gain instruction
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Post by: Tower on November 02, 2012, 12:44:54 am
I thought there were flint knappers in that area.
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Post by: Newbow on November 02, 2012, 01:57:05 am
ionicmuffin,
There are a number of knappers in the Puget Sound area.  Check out the Puget Sound Knappers web site at http://pugetsoundknappers.com/ for more info.  If you email the Web Master with your info he can hook you up with knapper local to you.  This weekend, November 3 & 4, there is a knapin at Millersylvania State Park, a little south of Olympia.  If you can make it, I'll see you there.  One-on-one instruction, rock and tools are freely available.  Info on the knapin is here: http://pugetsoundknappers.com/events/Millersylvaina_Knap-in_2012_Announcement.html
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Post by: xin on December 24, 2012, 02:06:48 pm
Knapper and bowyer living in Sherman ,Tx
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Post by: garthhill on January 19, 2013, 12:50:23 am
Complete newbie in Watertown, TN (35 miles east of Nashville). Anyone nearby to help me?
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Post by: Frawg on February 24, 2013, 01:49:59 am
NC newbie here.
Matt
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Post by: CaribooMike on June 16, 2013, 01:06:29 pm
Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada here.  Just a newbie.  Have a bin of obsidian that I've been staring at for a couple of years.  Watch lots of YouTube videos, made some tools, but still just staring at these round rocks trying to figure out the first strike.  Should get started now that I finally retired and have the time.
Any knappers in British Columbia want to take on training a rookie?
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Post by: Wolf Watcher on June 17, 2013, 02:26:32 pm
Used to go there with my jet boat and fish for those beautiful rainbows and you really do live in a fantastic place!  Joe
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Post by: CaribooMike on June 18, 2013, 02:43:31 pm
Thanks Joe.  Yes, this is a great place to live and play.  Great fishing for rainbows, brookies and browns.  Also very good hunting for bear, Mule deer and moose.  Starting to see more whitetails around here as well.  I'm looking forward to archery season opening up September 1st.

Cheers.
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Post by: flungonin on June 19, 2013, 10:17:00 am
Thought I had posted where. Obviously not. Any how Virginia Beach, Va.
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Post by: Thesquirrelslinger on July 01, 2013, 01:42:56 am
total newbie, northern kentucky.
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Post by: papoints on July 02, 2013, 09:59:21 pm
I live in Washington Pa and I too like to make expensive gravel from colorful rocks.   :-)
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Post by: rover brewer on July 29, 2013, 07:05:41 pm
rover ,tn. just started. working on a blade and almost finished with a point.
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Post by: Huntinfool on August 17, 2013, 03:54:00 am
I'm just getting started my close friend Bob Walden help me get some basic beginner tools together.

I've been watching knapping videos on YouTube for months now.

This is the very first point I ever made it was a scrap of flint Bob gave me that he knew wouldn't make a good point but it gave me some good practice. I have about 25 or 30

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v478/Huntinfool7/Bowhuntin/Firstpointever1res_zps3b946783.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Huntinfool7/media/Bowhuntin/Firstpointever1res_zps3b946783.jpg.html)

Here's the tool kit we put together I know I'll have to get a bunch more but for now at least I can break some rock!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v478/Huntinfool7/Bowhuntin/Knappingpoints1res_zps81f995bc.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Huntinfool7/media/Bowhuntin/Knappingpoints1res_zps81f995bc.jpg.html)

Those points you see there are some cast aways Bob gave me to see if I could sharpen them and in general make them legal to hunt with in WV (no barbs mainly).

Of course I've been burnin' the midnight oil reading all I can here!

We are planning to make a trip up to the Flint Ridge Knap-in in Ohio Aug 31!! Really looking forward to seeing in person all the demonstrations and perusing all the stuff the venders will have for sale, especially the flint!

~CHF~
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Post by: leapingbare on August 17, 2013, 05:38:40 am
I remember when i started knapping about 14 years ago. The next year i made it up to the ridge, I still remember that trip.
Be sure to bring some $$ because the rocks add up. Find Eric Morris aka Morris rocks ask him about a bargain bucket. Basically its a 5 gal bucket full of flint for a good price. not top shelf stuff by any means but still knappable rock and good practice.
 Ooogabooga  8)
Title: Re: Knapping Folks "Roll Call"?
Post by: Huntinfool on August 17, 2013, 04:43:10 pm
Thanks, leapingbare that's exactly what I need some low quality rock to learn on! LOL!

Thanks Again!!

Here's a little info on the Flintridge Knap-in.

http://www.roymillerflintridge.com/docs/F2013Combined.pdf

~CHF~
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Post by: Majuba Tom on September 07, 2013, 12:01:33 pm
Knapping in Dayton Nevada. I have not met any local knappers yet. I am sure they are out there.

Majuba Tom
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Post by: knapperhead on November 03, 2013, 09:09:35 am
Leander, Tx.  :P
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Post by: Knifehand on November 09, 2013, 01:18:44 pm
Gainesville, Virginia
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Post by: Ink on November 09, 2013, 10:59:41 pm
College station, tx.      Beginning knapper, and 1 year making bows.
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Post by: Zuma on December 21, 2013, 11:19:52 pm
Hello everyone,
I am new here and just wanted to wish ya-all a Merry Christmas.
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Post by: papoints on January 02, 2014, 08:33:12 pm
Nice point Zuma, whats the material?
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Post by: Zuma on January 02, 2014, 11:25:09 pm
LOL I was hoping no one would ask.
Painted glass.
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Post by: Deerhunter on January 24, 2014, 05:56:02 pm
Still a newbie southeast corner of Oklahoma.
Title: Re: Knapping Folks "Roll Call"?
Post by: Zuma on January 27, 2014, 08:29:21 pm
Welcome, Deerhunter from another newbie that spent some time at Lake Texoma and was privy to a great
collection from Tishamingo. May have to do a thread.
ZumPS I am from VA these days.
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Post by: OneOneNiner on February 16, 2014, 09:43:52 am
Howdy from S.E. Louisiana.
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Post by: Zuma on February 28, 2014, 08:26:56 pm
Hey 119er. Welcome aboard.
To bad you could make the recent Florida meets.
Great bunch of local guys and a bunch of snowbirds.
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Post by: majsnuff on March 02, 2014, 11:54:27 pm
North Idaho
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Post by: ontarioknapper on March 03, 2014, 06:26:50 pm
New Liskeard, Ontario
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Post by: Marc St Louis on May 01, 2014, 11:02:13 am
New Liskeard, Ontario

I've been through New Liskeard several times and it's not that far from me.
Title: Re: Knapping Folks "Roll Call"?
Post by: knapperboy on July 24, 2014, 04:09:36 am
Rangely Colorado.  ;D
       
                                       KB
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Post by: TRACY on July 24, 2014, 11:03:59 am
Rangely Colorado.  ;D
       
                                       KB

Welcome aboard KB!


Tracy
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Post by: knapperboy on July 24, 2014, 02:25:52 pm
Thank ya!
   
                      KB
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Post by: Drewster on July 26, 2014, 01:12:37 am
Boone, NC.  I'd enjoy getting with some other knappers in the area.
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Post by: mullet on July 26, 2014, 10:21:06 am
James Parker is just down the road.
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Post by: Billinthedesert on September 17, 2014, 01:50:11 pm
Started and stopped some years back after wrecking more than my share of Glass Buttes and Davis Creek obsidian. Hope to start again here in central Oregon.
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Post by: Chippintuff on November 30, 2014, 02:55:22 pm
Wixon Valley, TX with Bryan, TX address. Wixon Valley is too small to have a post office. Been knapping 4 years. Always interested in getting together with other knappers.

WA
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Post by: Blitzkrieg721 on January 27, 2015, 09:10:20 am
Southern Ohio here, new to the forum but have been knapping a few years now..
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Post by: turbo on January 28, 2015, 12:04:48 pm
Somewhat new to Charlotte, NC.  Been on a long knapping/primitive archery hiatus and hope to get back into it soon.  Most of my tools are 1.5hours away in storage.  After getting them I have to find a place to knap in the city!  I would welcome anyone in the vicinity to get in touch.
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Post by: bryan irwin on February 08, 2015, 10:21:16 pm
there's a few of around the area im in mooresville
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Post by: turbo on February 09, 2015, 01:10:42 pm
there's a few of around the area im in mooresville

Thanks Bryan, I'm networking w/ NC knappers and would appreciate any contacts.  Feel free to send me a PM.
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Post by: dmathis992 on February 17, 2015, 02:27:32 am
Dalton, Jeff city Mbeginnerjust started knapping
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Post by: TenkaraGrasshopper on August 18, 2015, 12:33:39 am
Aurora, CO suburb of Denver for those who are not in the know.
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Post by: UtahChippewa on November 01, 2015, 08:22:38 pm
Well, I made it! Been lurking for a few years, knapping on and off for 20 years. Really enjoy all the helpful posts
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Post by: Zuma on November 01, 2015, 08:48:31 pm
Twenty years :)
Welcome to Hotel CA.
Your got some pics for us?
Welcome Zuma
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Post by: Spotted Dog on November 02, 2015, 08:46:50 am
I'm in K.C. Mo. Home of the champion ROYALS !
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Post by: Stoner on December 16, 2015, 10:20:43 pm
Apache Junction, Arizona
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Post by: uacowboy on January 20, 2016, 12:04:15 am
Tucson, AZ
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Post by: Redhand on January 20, 2016, 10:41:26 am
I live in Roosevelt Northern Eastern Utah.
Title: Re: Knapping Folks "Roll Call"?
Post by: Dotzi on January 23, 2016, 01:36:27 pm
Hello everyone, I' m in Kingston, Ontario. Middling Knapper. Not far from Marc, but a ways from New Liskerd and T'under Bay! Closer to you upstate New Yorkers, I bet! My current quest is to locate some local rock called Trent Chert. Also on the lookout for some Ongwanada, but it's at the other end of the lake.
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Post by: Philthy on February 02, 2016, 07:23:24 pm
Thought I had posted here but I guess not.  Knapper, knife maker, and bowyer living in the middle of Delaware (lower slower Delaware) I don't know of any other knappers or knap ins in the area except for Oregon ridge in Maryland in May.
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Post by: bjrogg on March 23, 2016, 11:11:31 pm
Brian from Harbor Beach,MI. Not much knappable rock here but I have found enough to make 3 arrow heads with from my farm. Best stuff I've found is chert balls from the limestone quarry really hard to work but supper durable points
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Post by: Birdpoint on September 12, 2016, 08:52:04 am
Kenny from SE of Kansas City MO. I just began knapping since spring. I'd like to meet other knappers in my area. I met a couple guys at our traditional bow club shoot this weekend. Sure is nice to visit with and learn from fellow knappers.
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Post by: StumblyRhino on October 30, 2016, 10:54:52 pm
I'm from east-central Wisconsin, halfway between Milwaukee and Green Bay.  I just started knapping last spring.  Been practicing on bottle bottoms, porcelain tiles from the Habitat for Humanity store, and a box of novaculite I eventually ordered online when I got sick of the glass and tiles.  A Californian twitter acquaintance also sent me some obsidian, but the're mostly round balls about the size of baseballs, and I don't know how to get into them.

My points aren't much to look at yet, but I'm learning a ton as I go, and slowly managing to hinge less often and get em skinnier.

(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c77/Xrhino/PicsArt_10-30-08.41.36_zpsctjitxni.jpg) (http://s25.photobucket.com/user/Xrhino/media/PicsArt_10-30-08.41.36_zpsctjitxni.jpg.html)

(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c77/Xrhino/IMG_20161019_181123_zpsjqkda8eg.jpg) (http://s25.photobucket.com/user/Xrhino/media/IMG_20161019_181123_zpsjqkda8eg.jpg.html)


A friend who studies such sites also gave me some samples of rocks taken from actual paleolithic quarry sites he was working at in the driftless area of Wisconsin.  The Hixton sandstone is very grainy and the others (I can't remember what they are) are very irregular and full of nodules.  All are well beyond my paltry knapping abilities at this point.

(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c77/Xrhino/PicsArt_10-30-08.40.47_zps62rtxb3y.jpg) (http://s25.photobucket.com/user/Xrhino/media/PicsArt_10-30-08.40.47_zps62rtxb3y.jpg.html)
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Post by: Stoner on November 19, 2016, 07:29:51 pm
Just a relocation notice from the dry heat (myA$$) of Apache Junction, Arizona to Tuttle, Oklahoma. John
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Post by: CDC1911 on December 14, 2016, 10:56:41 am
I am trying to figure out how to get started. Doing lots of reading online and searching Google. I would like to meet up with folks in the Tallahassee area to learn more.

Hey Mullet, I grew up in Lakeland and recently moved to N. Fla. Some days I miss my old stomping ground but I don't miss the I-4 traffic.
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Post by: Zuma on December 14, 2016, 01:56:12 pm
Check out the Silver Springs and Sopchoppy events in Feb. :)
Lots of real nice and talented folks. Even a Carpet-bagger or two. >:D
Zuma
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Post by: CDC1911 on December 14, 2016, 05:40:48 pm
Check out the Silver Springs and Sopchoppy events in Feb. :)
Lots of real nice and talented folks. Even a Carpet-bagger or two. >:D
Zuma

I plan to be at the Sopchoppy event. I need to watch someone and ask questions, just no sure where and how to start.
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Post by: Zuma on December 14, 2016, 05:49:53 pm
Well like most of us-- Hit one rock with another one. >:D
Zuma
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Post by: Flakescarred4life on April 03, 2017, 08:31:40 pm
Pinal County AZ. I hope there is someone near me! YouTube can't say "Stop!! What the hell are you doing!?" :-K :'( Having said that, I will take this oppotunity to give a shout out to a mentor who's taught me so very much, and whom I have never had the pleasure of meeting... I know him as a one "JackCrafty" Ya'll seem to know him as Patrick. My hats off to him!!  ;D :OK
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Post by: bjrogg on April 04, 2017, 02:23:28 pm
Flakescarred4Life glad to have you here. I learned almost everything I know about knapping from Patrick and a few others on you tube to. I actually really like bu hunter to. He helped me a lot. He has a way of explaining things that works for me and a pretty good since of humor to. Now I mostly learn from my failures and successes. Still learn something every time I make or break a point.
Bjrogg
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Post by: TenkaraGrasshopper on August 28, 2017, 12:59:52 am
Still in South East Aurora, Colorado  :o Looking to order a knapping kit later this week.  :-K  :KN
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Post by: Youngun15 on July 22, 2019, 10:46:46 pm
From Charleston SC, live a little further south now nearer Savannah River
Title: Knapping Folks "Roll Call"
Post by: FannieOxymn on July 24, 2019, 03:00:01 am
Hello everyone,
  I live in central NC and I have just begun my primitive journey. After doing some research I have pretty much found out that NC is a bit slack in the materials needed for Knapping. But then again from what I have found so far every thing I have read is from 5 years ago or more. Which leads me to my Question does anyone have a good source for material on free land?

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Post by: Danthebugleman on September 01, 2020, 10:06:21 am
I am from the pueblo of Acoma  in New Mexico. been knapping for 30+ years.
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Post by: pumarchery on September 01, 2020, 02:06:43 pm
Good initiative this thread. I want to eventually knap points for arrows, I have the TBVs 1-4 and just order bows and arrows of the Native Americans of J Hamm for starting it up a bit. Any other recommendations for literature? Eventually I want to use the skill to make arrow in Geronimo style to give back a bit to the club were I started, as a gift together with a lil recreation of his bow, as that hero archer of old is our clubs namesake.

I'm located in a the Netherlands, in the center province Utrecht. Does anyone know good Knapping material for Benelux? Seems to be allot of info for US but not much for us europe side
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Post by: mullet on September 01, 2020, 02:20:47 pm
Good flint in Denmark and England.
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Post by: Flntknp17 on October 22, 2020, 10:50:59 am
I live in central Iowa and have been knapping for 31 years.  I've been concentrating on replicating ancient points using ancient tools the last couple years. 

Matt

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Post by: Danthebugleman on December 03, 2020, 10:07:56 am
 I live in Bernalillo New Mexico  about 15 miles North of Albuquerque.
I am a native American  from the Pueblo of Acoma  (AT)