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SPALLS April 2003
Richard Urata, Joan Urata and Dave Rauschenberg are producing this issue of SPALLS with contributions from Stuart Murdock and Mick & Holly Hill. Please contact Richard Urata for questions, comments and future additions to SPALLS. SPALLS Distribution Many of the PSK knappers with only snail-mail address are not receiving SPALLS. For you that are receiving SPALLS via e-mail, please notify these snail-mail knappers to send a payment of $5.00 for 2003 to Dave Rauschenberg at 38010 272nd Ave. S.E., Enumclaw, WA 98022. Year 2003 subscription is due at this time. Please note that the subscription rate dropped to $5.00 per year. THE POLICY IS: If you send your e-mail address to Richard Urata at HYPERLINK mailto:richurata@cybernet1.com richurata@cybernet1.com there is no charge for SPALLS. If you do not have an e-mail address and want SPALLS by snail-mail, you must send $5.00 to cover the cost of printing and postage. If you have an e-mail address and did not receive SPALLS in May, e-mail your address to Richard Urata. I have from 5 to 10 “not deliverable” messages at this time. I need some updates! EVENTS: Bakersfield Monthly Knap-In, Bakersfield, California (This is not a PSK Event) A monthly knap-in is held on the first Sunday of every month. The one-day event goes from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Hart Memorial Park. The park is eight miles northeast of Bakersfield on the Alfred Harrell Highway. Knappers meet at the East end of the park. While on highway 58, east of Bakersfield, take the Camanche exit and turn to the north. Camanche curves around 5 to 6 miles and dead ends into highway 178. Turn north on 178 (right) then a quick left (less then 1/4 mile) onto Alfred Harrel highway. Alfred Harrel 7-8 miles goes into Hart Park. The knap-in is 100 yards or so from the entrance on the right hand side of the park. For more information contact Gary Pickett (661) 392-7729 Goldendale Knap-In, Goldendale, Washington, May 23 through 26 Ed and Loretta Thomas have decided to host the second annual Goldendale Knap-In. The “official” knap-in is on May 23 through 26. Knappers are welcomed to come as early as Thursday the 22nd. The knap-in will be held on Ed and Loretta’s 20-acre property. There is plenty of room with about 3 acres cleared for parking and camping. The rest of the 20 acres were in scrub oaks and some pine trees. Last year Ed had a 8 by 40 feet shelter for knapping. Ed has a 30 by 50 shop that was used as a gathering place and kitchen. He also has a great archery range. Bring your bows. To get there, find Goldendale on Hwy 97, approximately 15 miles North of Biggs on the Columbia River and about 70 miles South of Yakima. Enter Goldendale at the North exit. Travel 2-3 blocks towards town. Bickelton Hwy goes to east at corner where Reno's Pizza is. Travel east on Bkltn Hwy (under Hwy 97) about 4.3 miles. Watch for Willis Road on Right side (PSK Sign also). Turn Left (North) on private gravel road (15 mph limit) and follow PSK signs. Left on Rocky Ridge Rd, then 2nd Driveway on left. It is about 1 mile from the junction with Bkltn Hwy. PSK signs will be posted at intersections from Reno’s to the knap-in. For more information call Ed Thomas at (509) 773-6461 or e-mail at: HYPERLINK mailto:feather@gorge.net feather@gorge.net Wrightwood Knap-In, Wrightwood, California, June 7 & 8 (This is not a PSK Event) The Wrightwood Knap-In is held at the Indian Springs Ranch, a few miles from Wrightwood. The Ranch is run by Robbin & Terry Cornett. It is an open area and will handle camping from tents to RV’s. Take the 138 turnoff from I-15 and go west on 138 for 1.3 miles. Then turn left on Lone Pine Canyon Road and go 3.6 miles to the Indian Springs Ranch. Look for tepees on the left of the road. Water and shower facilities available. Cost of $10.00 per day for camping. Contact: Alton (760) 249-5045 or Tom Mills HYPERLINK mailto:Paleoaleo@aol.com Paleoaleo@aol.com. The Last Davis Creek Knap-In, Davis Creek, California, June 21 & 22 This is the last Davis Creek Knap-In. Davis Creek has a beautiful campground with 100-foot pines that produce about 70% shade throughout the campground. A creek runs along the side of the campground. Collect Rainbows, Electric Blues, Needles, and Pink Lady obsidian. Davis Creek is located in Northeastern California on the east side of highway 395 approximately 20 miles north of the town of Alturus, California, and approximately 20 miles south of the Oregon border. The permits and maps will be provided by Richard Urata when you get there. Camping is free.
Knappers from the Northern states should plan you go through Lakeview, Oregon, and stop at the "Indian Village Restaurant". The food is good and plentiful for the price. They have the restaurant walls all decorated with arrowheads (thousands) and indian outfits. It is worth going there if a person is interested in artifact arrowheads. I think the restaurant is on 1st or 2nd street. When going north, turn right on one of the streets. The restaurant is on a corner just a couple of streets off 395. If you cannot find it, ask any local. It is a well-known restaurant there. Also stop at the Safeway store and get your supplies. That is the largest store before Davis Creek. Also gas up at Lakeview. Go south on 395 approximately 20 miles from the Oregon border. Davis Creek is on the east-side of the highway. Stop by at the “Davis Creek Mercantile” and get familiar with the supplies and services that the store provides. The owners cater to “rock hounds” and “knappers”. You can obtain maps of the obsidian locations and permits – free. Services available are gasoline, diesel, ice, food, public phone and even a small restaurant. Many of the “single-type” knappers go to the store for breakfast. The store is a few miles from the campground, a 10 to 15 minutes drive. Last year they had a Friday BBQ for about $8.00 up to $12.00. The BBQ included beef ribs, pork ribs, and/or chicken. The access road to the Plum Valley Campground is approximately 100 yards north of the store. Turn east towards the mountain and follow the signs. The campground is hidden from view by the pine trees. These trees produce about 70 percent shade throughout the day. There is a creek that runs along the border of the campground. There are two outhouses that are well taken care of by the forestry department. The admission is free, and camping is free. There will be a potluck on Saturday night and the hosts will provide a main dish of spaghetti and participants can bring side dishes of rolls, salads or deserts. Knappers from Southern and Central California should go north on either highway 5 or 101 to highway 299. Then go east on 299 to 395 in the town of Alturus. Alturus is the last “big town” you will go through. Then go north to Davis Creek. Davis Creek is a one building town store with some gas pumps in front of it on the east side of 395. For more information, call Richard Urata at (406) 363-7256, or e-mail: HYPERLINK mailto:richurata@cybernet1.com richurata@cybernet1.com. Cle Elum, Washington, Knap-In, July 25 Thru 27 Knap-in is at Stuart & Rose Murdock’s 3-acre residence. Lots of room for camping. Stu and Rose always have a fantastic meal centered around the potlluck on Saturday night. Bring a side dish if you plan to participate. To get to Stu’s place take I-90: Eastbound: I-90 take exit 74, “Nelson Siding Road” and go east (parallels the south side of the freeway) for 4 miles to Secret Valley Road. Turn left (going towards the freeway) and keep to the left whenever the road forks. Secret Valley road will dead end at Stu’s place. Westbound: I-90 take exit 78, “Golf Course Road”, pass the railroad tracks and turn right on “Nelson Siding Road”. Go west for ½ miles to “Secret Valley Road”. Turn right and keep to the left whenever the road forks. Secret Valley road will dead end at Stu’s place. For more information call Stuart or Rose Murdock at (509) 674-1975 or E-Mail at: HYPERLINK mailto:murdock@inlandnet.com murdock@inlandnet.com Wrightwood Knap-In, Wrightwood, California, October 5 and 6 (Not a PSK Event) The Wrightwood Knap-In is held at the Indian Springs Ranch, a few miles from Wrightwood. The Ranch is run by Robbin & Terry Cornett. It is an open area and will handle camping from tents to RV’s. Take the 138 turnoff from I-15 and go west on 138 for 1.3 miles. Then turn left on Lone Pine Canyon Road and go 3.6 miles to the Indian Springs Ranch. Look for tepees on the left of the road. Water and shower facilities available. Cost of $10.00 per day for camping. Contact: Alton (760) 249-5045 or Tom Mills HYPERLINK mailto:Paleoaleo@aol.com Paleoaleo@aol.com. 7th Annual Turkey Feast Knap-In, Millersylvania, Washington, November 1 and 2 Holly and Mick Hill, the hosts, always have a potluck centered around a fantastic turkey dinner at this knap-in. Get ready for Thanksgiving by attending the Millersylvania Knap-In south of Olympia, WA. In the past Holly Hill arranged a pre-Thanksgiving pot-luck feast; I think Holly provided most of the feast. The potluck will be held approximately 1:00 pm Saturday. Millersylvania is a Washington State Park with a picnic shelter complete with fireplace and a kitchen. As usual the knapping and dinner will be around the huge covered indoor fireplace or kitchen wood stoves so we will all be warm and dry Bring a potluck item for Saturday, camp stool or lawn chair, and the usual knappers stuff, tools, displays, barters, sales, etc.! Holly will be bringing FABRIC and the TURKEY – Mick. To get to the park, take I-5 to Exit 95. Then follow signs to park entrance, Kitchen #1. A hike path is located at the first parking lot to cabin near Deep Lake. We will have wheelbarrows available again for transporting supplies from vehicles to the cabin. Thanks for your efforts to follow park rules. If necessary, there is a back road to The campground has a small overnight camping fee and there are hookups, bathrooms, and hot quarter-operated showers. The kitchen cabin has electricity for lights and wall socket use, but water has been turned off for winter weathering. Jugs of water will be available for drinking, etc. There is a bathroom a short distance from the cabin REPORTS: Quartzsite, Arizona Knap-In, January 1 through February 28 By Richard Urata We arrived on the afternoon of January 2, anticipating a long and exciting knapping session of a month and a half. To my surprise, Dave and Linda Graves, Jim and Karen Rayner, Bill and Judy Thomas and their relatives were already at the RV park that we usually stay. The RV park is adjacent to the property where the Knap-In is held. It is about a 200-yard walk to the knap-in. After preparing my RV trailer, we went to the knap-in to visit Nine Fingers (Jerry Calvert) and Mary Webster, the knap-in hosts. Jerry was already out shopping for “toys”. There was a core of approximately 8 knappers every day with the daily attendance varying up to 20 knappers. My list shows 58 knappers attended this knap-in coming from all over the country. There were more knappers attending since by notebook was at my trailer 1/3 of the time. The knapping area were always full of knappers, partly because more knappers are attending and partly because the RV lot for Ninefingers was shrunk. There were several complaints about the size of the rented space so Ninefingers plan to obtain two spaces for next year’s knap-in. Many of the knappers were out shopping for various types of rocks. There were tons of Brizilian Agates, a few Montana and other Agates, 30,000 pounds of Australian Mookite Jasper, a few other jasper slabs from who knows where, and some Imperial Jasper for sale. Prices ranged from 50 cents a pound for obsidian for up to 8 dollars a pound for icecream opalite. Ron Fuller brought a load of fine Peoria burlington from his mine. These were select primo sizes for making large, 12 to 18-inch blades. The material was already cooked so knappers could work on them at the knap-in. Several knappers, Leroy and Ann Jines, Jack and Linda Hemphill, Randy Beach, and Jim Redfearn came after attending the Joe Miller’s Knap-In. Jim and Randy brought some rootbeer flint, other Texas flint and Peoria burlington. Leroy Jines brought his great bifaces for everyone to oogle and purchase. He must have sold a lot at the Joe Miller’s Knap-In because his inventory was pretty low when he arrived. Tom Dodge brought some basalt slabs from Arizona for trading. Almost everyone traded and tried his basalt. It has very high silica content so it worked great. Knappers, including Tom, made 2-inch wide points, up to 6-inches long by pressure flaking. It sure flaked well. Tom brought his 10-year old son Alex who is also a pretty good knapper for OUR age. Sonny Owens invited knappers to go with him to Burro Creek, about 120 miles north east of Quartzsite, for several types of agates. He also took us to an old open pit uranium mine. This is a strip mine of about 2 miles by 3 miles in area. Different colors of agates were scattered all over the mine. We even brought back some low-grade uranium material. The geiger counter sure clattered when the semi-powder material was close to it. Both of these trips were a full day’s run. Three “community points” were made by at least 10 knappers during this knap-in. One was given to the host and the other two were auctioned off. Leroy Jines suggested we do a friendly knapping competition called the “10-speed”. Eight participants brought a rock and placed it in a pile. The rocks were numbered and the participants drew a number out of the hat. That number corresponded to the number of the rock in the pile. No one knew which rock they were going to knap. With the assigned rock in hand, the knappers were ready and the time was started. This was the first time I participated so I was excited and nervous. It was 10 minutes of concentrating. Onlookers said that there were dust flying everywhere. The dust caused some of the pictures to blur because it couldn’t focus. All I could hear was the announcement of the minutes and finally the word “Stop”. We then stopped and started looking at the other competitors points. Voting was done by the onlookers and participants. Jim Redfearn won the competition with Richard Urata second. A two-inch flake competition was also held. The participants were more aggressive in this competition because of an entry fee and a potential return of half the pot of the entry fees. There were 9 participants – some new and some experienced at this competition. Leroy Jines was the winner of this competition. Auctions were held by Leroy Jines to sell the 8, “10-speed” competition points, and the 2 “community” points. The auction proceeds plus half of the two-inch flake competition was given to Ninefingers to provided some finance to help Ninefingers obtain the two spaces for next year’s knap-In. The ole saying “Time goes by fast when you’re having fun” sure defined this knap-in. Before we knew it, February 15 appeared and we packed up and left the many memorable experiences, good weather and good friends. See you next year! Winter Break Knap-In, Everett, Washington, Sunday, February 2 By Stu Murdock The PSK cabin fever knap-in in Everett, WA on Feb. 2nd, 2003, was a well-needed break from winter. The official host, Dave Pehling, was our hero at this time of year. . Hot coffee and pastry was the order of the day as the knappers began to arrive. As the day progressed, one could hear "clink, clink, tink, tink, BONG! "Darn, that rock had a hidden flaw. Oh well, it has been a long winter without practice." Experienced knappers helped other knappers with problem solving. Several new knappers were anxious to learn percussion and pressure flaking. The band aid box also had some action. Greg Gonsalves thought he was donating blood for a blood drive. Dave Pehling brought several of his primitive bows for display and Ed Hill also had his wooden flutes on display. Tom Sterling, a gifted carver, was also present. Several nice examples of various types of points were fashioned as a much needed knap-in came to an end. Glass Butte Gathering, Glass Butte, Oregon, March 22 Thru 30 (This is not a PSK event) By Mick and Holly Hill Once again, as advertised, it was the largest, longest, oldest, and coldest running Knap-in in the Northwest. This year was the 18th annual event. Even though Gatherings in the past have had "weather events" of legendary and epic and even biblical proportions (read: flood, wind, snow, rain, etc.) this year's knap-in again failed to live up to the Legends.. For the fourth year in a row it was a nine-day run of mostly beautiful weather (couple days with some rain, couple days with a few 10 minute snowstorms, couple cold nights down to the teens, and a couple days in the 70's). For most of the time all the roads were accessible and the digging was easy. Easy, except for the new rainbow holes (near the old new rainbow holes at the power lines). Ask Brian Knap about the experiences trying to excavate a boulder out of THAT concrete! "Duude, what were you thinking..?" This year was especially notable in that a lot of people that had been missing for many years all seemingly decided to pick this year for a surprise reunion of sorts. My thumbnail head count was about 120 people that came and went over the week's time. A PBS film crew spent a few days with us recording the event. (something to be aired this fall). Even though this gathering is well known as a non-structured happening, more and more "structured" events now happen annually. This year's bow shoot was on Wednesday and had about 20 shooters. The "blanket trade" was on Monday and during the daylight hours so's all the high rollers and abo wall streeters could see better. And of course there were the nightly evening bonfires (the Coons again provided the trees...) This year featured a wide array of drums and various stringed instruments. Other instruments surfaced and of course Holly did whistles and I did bagpipes. One running gag we had going was a TV remote control that I had modified into an aboriginal Camp Remote and had presented it to Jim Riggs at one of the nightly campfires. The modified buttons now said things like: Food; Fire; Water; and Dirt; Big Ticks; Beer; Stop Snowing; and other silly stuff. Steve Allely even made some "Ochre Top Abbo-Ready" AAA batteries for it. (of course they were made of wood....) One other running gag was the new terminology for an old phenomena: when the blade you're working on end shocks and half of it falls on the ground, and you go "awwwwwh!!" This is now known as the original version of "Shock and Awe". East Wenatchee Knap-In, Wenatchee, Washington, April 4 Thru 6 By Richard Urata Storms and threatening snow on the passes delayed our arrival until early Friday afternoon for the knap-In. We waited until the road condition reports said that the pass was clear. There were several knappers already there producing points and having lots of fun. Cole Hurst (the host) was also there working on a 12-inch blade. Friday’s and Saturday morning’s weather was great. There were approximately 25 knappers at this knap-in. Some just visiting and having fun telling stories up to knappers producing great points. Ken Kurfurst produced about 8 gem points and The “Machine”, Jim Miller produced 18 points during the knap-in. A 10-speed friendly knapping competition was started on Saturday. After several minutes of encouragement 8 knappers participated. Others gave the excuse of “I’m not good enough to do fast knapping!!!” Sooooo What!!! It is the fun of participating. Let me tell you, from the time the clock starts, it is 10 minutes of concentrating. Rose Murdock was in charge of the time clock but after about 5 minutes, she lost the time count. Other backup timers kept the competition going and after 10 minutes, we had 90 percent of the participants with good points. The points were lined up and the group voted on the winners. I was surprised to see points percussed and finished by pressure flaking in the time allotted. Martin Schempp was the winner and Joe Miller was second on the 10-speed competition. The points were then auctioned off by Richard Urata. Some points were even outbid and purchased by the knappers who produced them. Why, you ask! A flaking competition was also started Saturday afternoon. In this competition, a knapper has to produce a flake of at least 2-inches long. If he fails, he’s out of the competition. The last knapper that produced the 2-inch flake wins. We had 8 knappers in this competition. Guess who won, Martin Schempp! He was the youngest knapper in the group. Does that tell us something?? Cole Hurst donated a well percussed and pressure flaked 12-inch point to raffle. It was made out of the pumpkin obsidian from Glass Buttes. Brian Knapp was the lucky winner of this point. The proceeds from the 10-speed point auction, part of the 2-inch flake competition and the raffle was used to offset the cost of the rent of the port-a-potty. The temperature dropped and a drizzle started Saturday afternoon. When we woke up on Sunday, the foothills were covered with snow. The rain stopped but because of the cold, few knappers produced points on Sunday morning. Of course, Jim was producing points like mad. The knap-in started breaking up at noon since knappers were worried about fighting traffic back to the Seattle area. The knap-in was great and was exciting with the friendly knapping competitions. Maybe next year we can have more competition games and maybe even an Ooga Booga Ceremony! We would like to thank Tom Hurst for allowing the knap-in to take place at his residence. Maybe of Interest: Public Land Access By Ed Thomas These organizations are trying to keep public lands accessible for public use. If you plan to dig rocks for knapping, help these organizations out. Get involved!! This is the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies web page. I believe this group to be the main oversight group that all rockhound/knapping organizations should be affiliated with. HYPERLINK "http://www.amfed.org/region.htm"http://www.amfed.org/region.htm This is the ALAA website that Steve Berggren was referring to. HYPERLINK "http://www.amerlands.org/"http://www.amerlands.org/ American Land Rights Association. HYPERLINK http://www.landrights.org http://www.landrights.org TARP There is a flint forum where knappers can participate by posting and reading messages and/or going into the chatroom. It may be of interest as knapping information is passed back and forth via messages. It is called TARP – you know, the thing you put on the ground to collect the debitage. HYPERLINK http://www.egroups.com/group/thetarp http://www.egroups.com/group/thetarp . Knappers-R-Us Here’s another e-group for knappers: HYPERLINK http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Knappers-R-Us/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Knappers-R-Us/ Flintknappers Digest Another Egroup called flintknapper’s Digest: HYPERLINK http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flintknappingdigest/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flintknappingdigest/ Lithic Casting Lab For anyone who wants to replicate certain styles of points (Flake patterns, thickness, convexity, length, and width), you can purchase castings of artifacts from Lithic Casting Lab. HYPERLINK http://www.lithiccastinglab.com/ http://www.lithiccastinglab.com/ SPALLS - Rich Urata SPALLS July 2003
Richard Urata, Joan Urata and Dave Rauschenberg are producing this issue of SPALLS with contributions from Ed Thomas. Please contact Richard Urata for questions, comments and future additions to SPALLS. SPALLS Distribution Many of the PSK knappers with only snail-mail address are not receiving SPALLS. For you that are receiving SPALLS via e-mail, please notify these snail-mail knappers to send a payment of $5.00 for 2003 to Dave Rauschenberg at 38010 272nd Ave. S.E., Enumclaw, WA 98022. Year 2003 subscription is due at this time. Please note that the subscription rate dropped to $5.00 per year. THE POLICY IS: If you send your e-mail address to Richard Urata at HYPERLINK mailto:richurata@cybernet1.com richurata@cybernet1.com there is no charge for SPALLS. If you do not have an e-mail address and want SPALLS by snail-mail, you must send $5.00 to cover the cost of printing and postage. If you have an e-mail address and did not receive SPALLS in JULY, e-mail your address to Richard Urata. I have from 5 to 10 “not deliverable” messages at this time. I need some updates! EVENTS: Bakersfield Monthly Knap-In, Bakersfield, California (This is not a PSK Event) A monthly knap-in is held on the first Sunday of every month. The one-day event goes from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Hart Memorial Park. The park is eight miles northeast of Bakersfield on the Alfred Harrell Highway. Knappers meet at the East end of the park. While on highway 58, east of Bakersfield, take the Camanche exit and turn to the north. Camanche curves around 5 to 6 miles and dead ends into highway 178. Turn north on 178 (right) then a quick left (less then 1/4 mile) onto Alfred Harrel highway. Alfred Harrel 7-8 miles goes into Hart Park. The knap-in is 100 yards or so from the entrance on the right hand side of the park. For more information contact Gary Pickett (661) 392-7729 Cle Elum Knap-In, Cle Elum, Washington, July 25 Thru 27 Knap-in is at Stuart & Rose Murdock’s 3-acre residence. Lots of room for camping. Stu and Rose always have a fantastic meal centered around the potlluck on Saturday night. Bring a side dish if you plan to participate. To get to Stu’s place take I-90: Eastbound: I-90 take exit 74, “Nelson Siding Road” and go east (parallels the south side of the freeway) for 4 miles to Secret Valley Road. Turn left (going towards the freeway) and keep to the left whenever the road forks. Secret Valley road will dead end at Stu’s place. Westbound: I-90 take exit 78, “Golf Course Road”, pass the railroad tracks and turn right on “Nelson Siding Road”. Go west for ½ miles to “Secret Valley Road”. Turn right and keep to the left whenever the road forks. Secret Valley road will dead end at Stu’s place. For more information call Stuart or Rose Murdock at (509) 674-1975 or E-Mail at: HYPERLINK mailto:murdock@inlandnet.com murdock@inlandnet.com Moses Lake Knap-In, Moses Lake, Washington, August 29 Thru September 1 The knap-in will be held at Ken and Adele Calvert’s place, at Moses Lake, Washington. Plenty of room for camping. Ken’s property is a lake front property. They say that the lake has all kinds of fish. To get there, take interstate 90 off ramp 179 and go north on highway 17 toward Soap Lake. Stay on highway 17 until mile post 59. You will see a gravel pit on your left. Turn left after the gravel pit onto Mc Connilte Road. Stay on Mc Connilte Road for several miles and turn left onto “D 5” road. Go to end of the road and turn left. You will see a Knap-in sign about 100 yards down on the right of the road. Turn right onto Ken’s property. If you miss “D 5” road stay on Mc Connilte Road (Stay on the pavement) and it will circle around and will pass Ken’s property. Look for the Knap-in sign on your right. Ken’s address is 4535 Road 6.5 N.E. For more information, call Ken at (509) 762-2454. 7th Annual Turkey Feast Knap-In, Millersylvania, Washington, November 1 and 2 Holly and Mick Hill, the hosts, always have a potluck centered around a fantastic turkey dinner at this knap-in. Get ready for Thanksgiving by attending the Millersylvania Knap-In south of Olympia, WA. In the past Holly Hill arranged a pre-Thanksgiving pot-luck feast; I think Holly provided most of the feast. The potluck will be held approximately 1:00 pm Saturday. Millersylvania is a Washington State Park with a picnic shelter complete with fireplace and a kitchen. As usual the knapping and dinner will be around the huge covered indoor fireplace or kitchen wood stoves so we will all be warm and dry Bring a potluck item for Saturday, camp stool or lawn chair, and the usual knappers stuff, tools, displays, barters, sales, etc.! Holly will be bringing FABRIC and the TURKEY – Mick. To get to the park, take I-5 to Exit 95. Then follow signs to park entrance, Kitchen #1. A hike path is located at the first parking lot to cabin near Deep Lake. We will have wheelbarrows available again for transporting supplies from vehicles to the cabin. Thanks for your efforts to follow park rules. If necessary, there is a back road to The campground has a small overnight camping fee and there are hookups, bathrooms, and hot quarter-operated showers. The kitchen cabin has electricity for lights and wall socket use, but water has been turned off for winter weathering. Jugs of water will be available for drinking, etc. There is a bathroom a short distance from the cabin Quartzsite, Arizona Knap-In, January 1 through February 28 This is the longest Knap-In in the United States, maybe the world. Hosted by Nine Fingers and Mary Webster. The Knap-In will be located on the property on the west side of the bakery. Look for a two-toned aluminum and blue colored bus. For more information call Nine Fingers or Mary at (928) 899-5495. Quartzsite is on Interstate 10, about 20 miles east of the California border. To get there take I-10 to Quartzsite. There are two off ramps, one on the west side and one on the east side of town. From either direction, take the first exit, and drive through town. The town is on the north side of the freeway and there is only one main street. Look for the bakery on the south side of the main street. It is approximately 0.5 miles from the east off ramp and approximately 1.5 miles from the west off ramp. There will be the general store on the north side of the street, across the bakery. There are RV parks and in-town campsites. Out-of-town, BLM runs camp sites for long term camping – like months – with dump stations, or free camp sites if you stay less than 14 days. For more information, see the Quartzsite website: HYPERLINK http://www.quartzsite.com http://www.quartzsite.com. If you prefer a hotel, they are available at Blythe, California, 20 miles away and at Parker, Arizona, 30 miles away. REPORTS: Goldendale Knap-In, Goldendale, Washington, May 23 through 26 By Ed Thomas ~Feather~ This year's gathering provided us with warm temperatures. Each evening we were allowed to have a community campfire, as the Fire District had not yet enacted a "burn-ban". There was enough food contributed by all to provide dinner and breakfast for two days. We had fresh Spring Chinook Salmon BBQ'd, with all kinds of salads and amenities on Sat. and Sun. evenings. Both, Sun. and Mon. mornings we had breakfast with pancakes bacon and eggs. Ed and Loretta's daughter, Sherry, concocted several casserole dishes of "Fritate" for Monday morning. This simplified the cooking for Mon. morning and supplemented the pancakes. Brad Baughman, from Grass Valley, OR, was asked to bring his equipment to demonstrate his techniques of “flaking over grinding [FOG]”. His demonstration was well accepted with many people trying their hand at it. Several participants found an old arbor on a shelf in Ed’s shop and assembled an additional grinder/polishing unit to be used in the FOG technique by people in attendance. Ron Nickels ended up taking the unit home with him. Bill Thomas and Greg Greger pitched in together to wire in lighting for the knapping shelters. Greg Mosby and “Harry Jerry” got the 20” rock saw working and were able to get some slabs cut.
Steve Berggren went to town with me and helped haul wire spools from the P.U.D., to be used as tables by the campers at the K/I. Everyone contributed in one way or another to make this Knap-In a success. My thanks for the work all of these volunteers contributed. Jim Miller found an arrowhead in our front yard while we were picking out a tent site for him. He followed this up the following AM by scouting around and finding many more “abo flakes” and a hammer stone nearby. Brad Baughman made arrangements for a field trip on Sunday to a friend’s ranch where we were able to get some of the original material used by the local Natives of Yore. A large number of the stone artifacts found along the Columbia River bars, prior to the Dams being built, were made from this material. I am sure we will be visiting this property owner again next year. Various folks took their bows and arrows and prowled the archery course in search of the 10 targets that had been place earlier. There is already some discussion as to making a run to Central E. Oregon for material just before the K/I next year. I have several people that want to do this now. Anyone else should drop me a note at feather@gorge.net. Next year’s K/I will be even more fun.
Davis Creek Knap-In, Davis Creek, California, June 21 and 22. By Richard Urata We arrived in the rain on Wednesday afternoon during a thunderstorm. Although we were worried that we couldn’t drive to camp, we were much relieved from the HOT valley heat of 105 degrees. The temperature was a cool 70 degrees. The temperature was between 65 and 80 throughout the knap-in. I was surprised to see so many knappers at this early date. In fact, 80 percent of the knappers were at the knap-in before the official Saturday/Sunday date. We decided that Thursday was a digging day at the Pink Lady. Stu Murdock, Leroy Jines, Mick Hill and Rich Urata went up to the 7,000-foot level to dig. Mick drove from Tacoma, WA non-stop to the camp ground and arrived at 5:00 in the morning. He slept a few hours and was ready to dig for obsidian. Stu convinced us that there was some “good quality” pink lady at the hole he was digging on Wednesday. Boy was he right! The quality and size of the pieces were great. The largest piece, guessing about 275 pounds, went to Leroy. He has the saw that can slab such large pieces. Everyone was happy with harvest that we got for the day. When we returned, the “Mother of all cooks” Anne Jines and Joan Urata had dinner ready. What a life to be up here digging for rocks!! Leroy and I planned to dig the Middle Fork Rainbow on Friday. The hole we dug last year was all covered up. I dug about ½ cubic yard of overburden and gave up. Leroy arrived and we decided that we need a crew of at least 4 people to remove the overburden. Leroy went up to the Pink Lady to join Joe Higgins, Stu and Mick. Joe wanted some Pink Lady so they went back up. I decided to go to the needles area and relax from Thursday’s digging. The crew from the Pink Lady returned to camp with grins from ear to ear. They were all happy with the harvest for the day. They said that Joe Higgins shows signs of a true rock collector. The guys that returned had to go back and retrieve Joe’s truck. His truck broke the fuel pump on the way up so Joe left the truck to go digging! He sure got his priorities right! He left the truck up there and retrieved it on Saturday. Joe slowly/intermittently drove the truck back to camp. Most of the knappers went to the Davis Creek Merchantile for their BBQ dinner. We had to park a half a block away. There were a lot of people! Seventy-five percent of the people eating there were from the Knap-In. There were chicken, pork ribs, beef ribs, and tri-tips with the usual cole slaw, beans and garlic bread. You can have one or all four of the meats, depending on the dinner that you ordered. After dinner, Leroy found nine participants for the “Goat” game – the last one who produces a 2-inch or longer flake wins the game. The honor of the first hit went to Stu Murdock since he contributed the piece of Pink Lady for the game. Guess what! He did not produce a 2-inch flake. OUT OF THE GAME WENT STU! I noticed that Joe Higgins was laughing and grinning more that usual. He had a similar experience at the Cle Elum Knap-In last year when he was eliminated on the first round. The winner of the game was Fred Lindauer. The knap-in officially started today, Saturday, so I stayed in camp to help newcomers. However, many people were forming digging groups and left to go to the different mines. By the day’s end, obsidian and dacite were everywhere. Tom Dodge, Kaye Rogers and DeLeese Hancock were lucky to be guided by Claude Roberts and they returned with a load of primo Pink Lady, Rainbow, Electric Blue and Needles Mahogany. Fred Lindauer, Dan Salisbury, and Larry Kent went to the Goose Lake area and brought back a load of Red Goose Lake Jasper. I didn’t know that the deposit existed. The spaghetti pot luck dinner started at 6:00. Joan cooked up tons of spaghetti. We ate about 1/2 of the spaghetti that night and had another leftover potluck on Sunday. Knappers brought different types of vegetable, potato, fruit salads, cole slaw, jello dishes, home made and commercial wine, pies, cookies, cakes, fruits for deserts and home-made ice cream by Mary Webster. Approximately 60 people participated and everyone walked away with full stomachs. The knapping started after dinner and Leroy corralled nine knappers for the 10-speed game. Surprisingly, all of the rocks were decent pieces. The game started and you could only see dust and arm movements. After the ten minutes, everyone placed the points in the middle and the judging started. Nine Fingers was the winner. All the points of the game were given to the host. I will display them in a frame and take it to future knap-ins for showing. The Saturday night Goat game was immediately started. Participants anted up $5.00 and the game began. This game went longer than anyone expected. Some remarkable flakes were removed when the core became less than 2 ¼ inches long. Leroy was the winner. The knapping continued after the games until twilight. There were several new knappers who were willing to learn the skill and experienced knappers eager to teach them. The Saturday night Ooga Booga Ceremonies were begun as soon as it was dark enough so non-Ooga Booga people couldn’t see what was going on. Richard Urata was this year’s chief. He was as nervous as the initiates! Leroy Jines and Mary Webster were the Spirit Guides. Howard, Chris and Beverly Ruhland, and Anne Jines also participated as officials in the Ceremonies. Approximately 20 people were initiated. Thanks to all the participants for being such good sports. The Ceremony was a great success. Ooga Booga cards are available free to initiates. Send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Joan Urata and we will send you a card. Anyone who have be initiated at Davis Creek for the last three years can obtain an Ooga Booga card. Tell us the Chief’s name that initiated you when you send the envelope. On Sunday, eight of us joined up and went to the Middle Fork Rainbow Site. We were lucky. When we got there, two couples from Oregon just decided that they got enough and quit digging. We waited for them to remove their bounty before starting. It took eight of us from 10:00 am to 4:00 PM to clear the hole and make it safe. At about 4:00 PM we started to remove some good sawing-size rainbow obsidian. We dug to about 6:30 PM and quit for the day. Monday was payday at the rainbow mine. We started to pull good pieces from the time we arrived to quitting time in the late afternoon. Joe Higgins and Clay Graves were the unofficial rock diggers. The rest of us shoveled dirt, pushed the tailings wheelbarrow, or carried the obsidian down to the trucks. There were more than enough for all after splitting the bounty. Dave Swetmon from Georgia took honors for the most distant knapper to attend. Knappers came from Texas, Arizona, Montana, Oregon, Nevada, Washington and California. I checked the campground before leaving and thanks to all, the campground was free of garbage and obsidian. See you next year? MAYBE OF INTEREST: Public Land Access By Ed Thomas These organizations are trying to keep public lands accessible for public use. If you plan to dig rocks for knapping, help these organizations out. Get involved!! This is the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies web page. I believe this group to be the main oversight group that all rockhound/knapping organizations should be affiliated with. HYPERLINK "http://www.amfed.org/region.htm"http://www.amfed.org/region.htm This is the ALAA website that Steve Berggren was referring to. HYPERLINK "http://www.amerlands.org/"http://www.amerlands.org/ American Land Rights Association. HYPERLINK http://www.landrights.org http://www.landrights.org TARP There is a flint forum where knappers can participate by posting and reading messages and/or going into the chatroom. It may be of interest as knapping information is passed back and forth via messages. It is called TARP – you know, the thing you put on the ground to collect the debitage. HYPERLINK http://www.egroups.com/group/thetarp http://www.egroups.com/group/thetarp . Knappers-R-Us Here’s another e-group for knappers: HYPERLINK http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Knappers-R-Us/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Knappers-R-Us/ Flintknappers Digest Another Egroup called flintknapper’s Digest: HYPERLINK http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flintknappingdigest/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flintknappingdigest/ Lithic Casting Lab For anyone who wants to replicate certain styles of points (Flake patterns, thickness, convexity, length, and width), you can purchase castings of artifacts from Lithic Casting Lab. HYPERLINK http://www.lithiccastinglab.com/ http://www.lithiccastinglab.com/ SPALLS - Rich Urata SPALLS October 2003
Richard Urata, Joan Urata and Dave Rauschenberg are producing this issue of SPALLS with contribution from Ed Thomas. Please contact Richard Urata for questions, comments and future additions to SPALLS. SPALLS Distribution Many of the PSK knappers with only snail-mail address are not receiving SPALLS. For you that are receiving SPALLS via e-mail, please notify these snail-mail knappers to send a payment of $5.00 for 2004 to Dave Rauschenberg at 38010 272nd Ave. S.E., Enumclaw, WA 98022. Year 2003 subscription is due at this time. Please note that the subscription rate dropped to $5.00 per year. THE POLICY IS: If you send your e-mail address to Richard Urata at HYPERLINK mailto:richurata@cybernet1.com richurata@cybernet1.com there is no charge for SPALLS. If you do not have an e-mail address and want SPALLS by snail-mail, you must send $5.00 to cover the cost of printing and postage. If you have an e-mail address and did not receive SPALLS in JULY, e-mail your address to Richard Urata. I have from 5 to 10 “not deliverable” messages at this time. I need some updates! SPAM PROTECTION: Several of our subscribers have not been getting the SPALLS issue via e-mail. Please check your SPAM protection. I think that some of your SPAM protection is eliminating the SPALLS message. One of the checks for SPAM is the number of multiple issues from the sender. If your protection checks this, the SPALLS message will be tagged as SPAM. In some cases, the message is only tagged. In others, the message is eliminated. NEXT SPALLS ISSUE: The next SPALLS issue will be in April, after the Wenatchee Knap-In. Enjoy the Holidays! EVENTS: Bakersfield Monthly Knap-In, Bakersfield, California (This is not a PSK Event) A monthly knap-in is held on the first Sunday of every month. The one-day event goes from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Hart Memorial Park. The park is eight miles northeast of Bakersfield on the Alfred Harrell Highway. Knappers meet at the East end of the park. While on highway 58, east of Bakersfield, take the Camanche exit and turn to the north. Camanche curves around 5 to 6 miles and dead ends into highway 178. Turn north on 178 (right) then a quick left (less then 1/4 mile) onto Alfred Harrel highway. Alfred Harrel 7-8 miles goes into Hart Park. The knap-in is 100 yards or so from the entrance on the right hand side of the park. For more information contact Gary Pickett (661) 392-7729 8th Annual Turkey Feast Knap-In, Millersylvania, Washington, November 1 and 2 Holly and Mick Hill, the hosts, always have a potluck centered around a fantastic turkey dinner at this knap-in. Get ready for Thanksgiving by attending the Millersylvania Knap-In south of Olympia, WA. In the past Holly Hill arranged a pre-Thanksgiving pot-luck feast; I think Holly provided most of the feast. The potluck will be held approximately 1:00 pm Saturday. Millersylvania is a Washington State Park with a picnic shelter complete with fireplace and a kitchen. As usual the knapping and dinner will be around the huge covered indoor fireplace or kitchen wood stoves so we will all be warm and dry Bring a potluck item for Saturday, camp stool or lawn chair, and the usual knappers stuff, tools, displays, barters, sales, etc.! Holly will be bringing FABRIC and the TURKEY – Mick. To get to the park, take I-5 to Exit 95. Then follow signs to park entrance, Kitchen #1. A hike path is located at the first parking lot to cabin near Deep Lake. We will have wheelbarrows available again for transporting supplies from vehicles to the cabin. Thanks for your efforts to follow park rules. If necessary, there is a back road to The campground has a small overnight camping fee and there are hookups, bathrooms, and hot quarter-operated showers. The kitchen cabin has electricity for lights and wall socket use, but water has been turned off for winter weathering. Jugs of water will be available for drinking, etc. There is a bathroom a short distance from the cabin Quartzsite, Arizona Knap-In, January 1 through February 28 This is the longest Knap-In in the United States, maybe the world. Hosted by Nine Fingers and Mary Webster. The Knap-In will be located on the property on the west side of the bakery. Look for a two-toned aluminum and blue colored bus. For more information call Nine Fingers or Mary at (928) 899-5495, e-mail: HYPERLINK mailto:ninefingeredabo@starband.net ninefingeredabo@starband.net . Quartzsite is on Interstate 10, about 20 miles east of the California border. To get there take I-10 to Quartzsite. There are two off ramps, one on the west side and one on the east side of town. From either direction, take the first exit, and drive through town. The town is on the north side of the freeway and there is only one main street. Look for the bakery on the south side of the main street. It is approximately 0.5 miles from the east off ramp and approximately 1.5 miles from the west off ramp. There will be the general store on the north side of the street, across the bakery. There are RV parks and in-town campsites. Out-of-town, BLM runs camp sites for long term camping – like months – with dump stations, or free camp sites if you stay less than 14 days. For more information, see the Quartzsite website: HYPERLINK http://www.quartzsite.com http://www.quartzsite.com. If you prefer a hotel, they are available at Blythe, California, 20 miles away and at Parker, Arizona, 30 miles away. Winter Break Knap-In, Seattle, Washington, Sunday, February 1 A One-day Knap-In to initiate the new knapping season. Directions to go to the knap-in: Exit I-5 at 128th Street SW (Everett exit #186). Turn east and go 1/4 mile (across from the Golf Range) to the Park-and-Ride and McCollum Park. Turn into the park (right) and go to the Cooperative Extension building at the back of the park. For more information e-mail Dave Pehling at HYPERLINK mailto:pehling@coopext.cahe.wsu.edu pehling@coopext.cahe.wsu.edu or call (360) 691-7902. Glass Butte Gathering, Glass Butte, Oregon, March 20 Thru 28 (This is not a PSK event) Here in the Northwest it's the largest, longest, oldest, and coldest running knap-in. The term "hardcore" suddenly springs to mind. It's very aboriginal, very warm-hearted abo's in what can be a very COLD setting. I best repeat that in case you missed it - that's C-O-L-D!! (you have been warned....) Even at that I haven't missed one in a dozen + years. It's always been a "high energy / cabin fever breaker / icebreaker / start of the season" event. (couple hundred people or so..) A lot of things are always going on and it's always busy and it's always laid back (?). Also, if you have other interests in all the East Wenatchee Knap-In, Wenatchee, Washington, April 2 Thru 4 This knap-in is at Hurst’s Landing, a park-like setting, along the Columbia River. Cole Hurst hosts this knap-in. Last year’s knap-in was fantastic! It will be better this year! There is lots of room for camping. Water and an out-house are available. To get to Hurst’s Landing go to East Wenatchee and head east on Highway 28. The turn to Hurst’s Landing is on the right near milepost 6. If you make it to Rock Island, turn around and go back a few miles. Hotels and food are only a couple of miles away. For more information call Cole Hurst at (509) 421-7705, e-mail: HYPERLINK mailto:stonewacker@aol.com stonewacker@aol.com . Cole is on the “Flintknapping 2002” calendar, for the month of May. REPORTS: Cle Elum Knap-In, Cle Elum, Washington, July 25 Thru 27 By Richard and Joan The Cle Elum Knap-In is now the biggest PSK knap-in, thanks to the excellent hosts, Stu and Rose Murdock. The weather was a bit hot on Friday but cooled down for Saturday and Sunday. There were three 10 ft. X 20 ft. and one 10 ft. X 10 ft, sun shelters, and they were all well occupied. People started arriving on Thursday to help install the sun shelters and display tent. Of course, there was also some knapping going on. Half the people arrived on Friday and the other half arriving on Saturday and Sunday. By Saturday there were 55 sign-ins with approximately 20 of the sign-ins being bowyers from the Traditional Bow Hunters of Washington. A few of the bowyers arrived on Friday and immediately started to make bows. There was a knapper from Texas and one from Missouri. I would like to especially thank you guys for coming. It was great having the bowyers. Information exchanges between the bowyers and the knappers were great. Each individual group was teaching the other about their knowledge and skills. Bowyers showing how to make bows and arrow shafts and using their shaft jig to produce a cylindrical shaft, etc. Knappers showing how to pressure flake points for arrows and how to percussion flake larger points for lances and blades. We made two community points on Friday with about 10 knappers making these points. One point was given to Stu and Rose and the second point was auctioned after Saturday evening’s pot-luck dinner. On Saturday, the “2-inch Goat” game went into action with 11 participants. The rock made several rounds with Stu dropping off on the first round. He was well teased! Joe Higgins was in smiles as sort of “payback” because he was teased when he dropped out on the first round last year. A well deserved win went to Jim Smith. The “ten-speed” game was also started late Saturday afternoon. Ten knappers were brave enough to enter the game. After 10 minutes there were some shaped pieces that looked like points and others – questionable. All the points were then auctioned. Most of the “questionable” points demanded high bids due to the producing knapper trying to purchase their points back. The Saturday pot-luck started about 5:30 pm. Almost everyone was ready to eat. There were approximately 100 people attending the pot-luck. Another fantastic feast put on by Stu and Rose. It was a 4-course main dish dinner. They purchased fried chicken from a local store and BBQ’d hamburger and hot dogs. Doc Joe Higgins brought a bunch of crab or, a bunch of crabs. A controversy started on defining what the 2 or more crab is called. Is it “crab” or “crabs’? Some knappers said the word “crabs” signified the “crab louse” and not the plural of crab. Well, I looked it up in the Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, and the Roget’s II Thesaurus and couldn’t find the plural of crab. I finally found the plural of crab is “crabs” in the Courtis-Watters Dictionary for Young Readers. We ate one cooler full of crabs at the Saturday evening pot-luck and “were forced” to eat the second cooler full of crabs the following two days. Boy that was rough! Being forced to eat those delicious crabs. Thanks Joe for bringing them to the knap-in. I surely appreciated them. Other participants brought bread, chili, potato, macaroni, vegetable, and fruit salads, pies, cobblers, jello dishes, cookies, and home made ice cream. We all walked away stuffed. The raffle drawing was held right after the desert while all the people were gathered together. Steve Meyer donated a snake skin backed bow with drawings on the bow for the first draw. Duane Spangler also donated a bow for the second draw of the raffle. Ken Calvert won the first draw and Larry Bishop won the second draw. After the drawing we started the auction and -- an auction did we have!! Bowyers and knappers donated articles that they made. Duane Spangler donated an atlatl and dart, Ken Germeaux and Darrell Medley donated 6 hunting arrows, Dave Rauschenberg donated a stone knife with rawhide sheath, Stu Murdock and Richard Urata donated a hand drum, and the ten knappers donated the unique “community point”. Money was raised from the raffle, auction, Ten-Speed auction and the Two-Inch Goat to help pay for the costs of food and port-a-potties that the hosts incur for a knap-in. More fun was in store for the knappers and bowyers. The first Ooga Booga Induction Ceremony at Cle Elum took place. Richard Urata was the Chief, Mick Hill was the Coyote, Mary Webster and Jim Smith were the Spirit Guides. Due to the small group of existing members, the intensity was not as high as the Ceremonies at Davis Creek. Twenty knappers and bowyers were inducted and we all had fun doing it. The most enthusiastic person at the knap-in was Hyatt Meyer. I think he is about 9-years old. He was busy making a lance, making stone arrowheads, entered the ten-speed game, and was inducted as an Ooga Booga. Hyatt was looking at my display points so I gave him an arrowhead. I told him that the point was a trade for one of his future points. Two hours later he brought an arrowhead to me as trade. The Traditional Bowyers of Washington certainly enhanced the Knap-in and we all had lots of fun making new friends. The knappers enjoyed the company and we hope that the bowyers also enjoyed our company. Hope to see them at next year’s knap-in. Stu and Rose put on another great knap-in. Because of their charisma this knap-in has become the largest knap-in of the PSK knap-ins. We cannot thank Stu and Rose enough for what they did to put on the knap-in. You guys who were not there missed out. Hope to see more of you at next year’s Cle Elum Knap-In. Moses Lake Knap-In, Moses Lake, Washington, August 29 through September 2 By Richard and Joan We arrived Friday afternoon and there were seven knappers already settled in with tents pitched, and the trailer RVs all stabilized and hooked up. The temperature was in the upper 80’s to lower 90’s on Friday. This temperature lasted to Sunday. It finally cooled off on Monday. Ken planned ahead and set up a shelter down by the lake. It was beautiful there and a lot cooler due to the constant breeze. We ate all of our meals there. Maybe next year we could knap down there! All we need is a tent -- Kenneth! I’m just kidding. We had enough cover at the usual place of knapping – by the shop – that it was fairly comfortable there. People started knapping on Friday before I got there. There were approximately 15 knappers on Saturday. Three community points were made with approximately 10 knapper icons on each point. One point was given to the host, Ken Calvert and the other two were auctioned off with proceeds going to help offset the cost of the porta potties and catered food. Adele took the ladies on a tour of the local garage sales on Saturday morning and they also visited the local Farmers Market. By the time they came back they were ready for a catered dinner! The catered food furnished by the hosts, Ken and Adele Calvert -- BBQ beef ribs, corn on the cob, super large baked potatoes with butter and sour cream -- were served at 1:00pm Saturday. Others brought fruit, vegetable, macaroni and potato salads, pies, and deserts. Adele made some homemade ice cream! I couldn’t resist! We had some home made ice cream at the Davis Creek Knap-In and the Cle Elum Knap-In and I resisted both those times. I couldn’t resist a third time! As usual, we ate less than half of the ribs so we ate leftover ribs for lunch and dinner for the duration of the knap-in. About half of the knappers go to the local restaurant for breakfast but we all ate the leftovers for lunch and dinners. We also BBQ’d several whole salmon on Sunday that people brought for a community cookout. On Saturday night a group got together and went to the Moses Lake Amphitheater to listen to a concert of 70’s music. Are we dating ourselves??? Great view of the lake from there!! We had the 2-inch goat game on Sunday. Ten knappers participated and all participants and audience had a great time harassing the participants. Jim Smith won this game. He is getting good at this game. I think he came in second at the Davis Creek Knap-In. There were 8 participants in the 10-speed game. They were all winners. The points(??) were auctioned off with some points being bought by the “creator” himself. There were some high bidding between the “creator” and the audience. It was all in fun! Three days just whipped by and before we knew it, it was Monday – the end to another fantastic knap-in. I would like to thank Ken and Adele for putting on the knap-in. We all had a great time. We didn’t have an Ooga Booga Ceremony there but wait till next year!!! I am working on a 26-inch diameter drum. MAYBE OF INTEREST: Public Land Access By Ed Thomas These organizations are trying to keep public lands accessible for public use. If you plan to dig rocks for knapping, help these organizations out. Get involved!! This is the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies web page. I believe this group to be the main oversight group that all rockhound/knapping organizations should be affiliated with. HYPERLINK "http://www.amfed.org/region.htm"http://www.amfed.org/region.htm This is the ALAA website that Steve Berggren was referring to. HYPERLINK "http://www.amerlands.org/"http://www.amerlands.org/ American Land Rights Association. HYPERLINK http://www.landrights.org http://www.landrights.org TARP There is a flint forum where knappers can participate by posting and reading messages and/or going into the chatroom. It may be of interest as knapping information is passed back and forth via messages. It is called TARP – you know, the thing you put on the ground to collect the debitage. HYPERLINK http://www.egroups.com/group/thetarp http://www.egroups.com/group/thetarp . Knappers-R-Us Here’s another e-group for knappers: HYPERLINK http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Knappers-R-Us/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Knappers-R-Us/ Flintknappers Digest Another Egroup called flintknapper’s Digest: HYPERLINK http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flintknappingdigest/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flintknappingdigest/ Lithic Casting Lab For anyone who wants to replicate certain styles of points (Flake patterns, thickness, convexity, length, and width), you can purchase castings of artifacts from Lithic Casting Lab. HYPERLINK http://www.lithiccastinglab.com/ http://www.lithiccastinglab.com/ SPALLS - Rich Urata |
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