Up Coming Knap-ins 
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updated 07/04/2010

2010

July 9-11. 10th annual Columbia,  Tennessee knap-in. Fly's General  will again host this event.  Free to the public. Buy-Sell or trade. Primitive camping. Only a small vendor fee to help pay for advertising. For more information please contact  Wilson Fly: 931-682-2356. Carl Vanderford: 931-381-1488. Bigger & Better Ever Year!!!! Bring your swimming trunks.

July 16-18, Central Kentucky Knap-in. Held at Bernheim Forest, Clermont, KY. Interstate 65 to exit 112, Hwy. 245 E. approx. 1 mile to Forest entrance. Motels and Restaurants at near by Shepherdsville, exit 117. Food on site at Isaac's Cafe. On site primitive camping and cafe discount for Registered Participants. (Registration $15.) Please call for camp site availability. Showers and restrooms are available. Gates closed from Dusk till Dawn. Set-up as early as Thursday after 5 p.m. Raffle of items donated by participants Saturday at 4 p.m., Proceeds go to Bernheim's Education Dept. The knap-in is free and open to the public 9a.m.-5p.m. daily. For more information contact: Dale Farris 502-957-2608 or Joe Yurt 502-955-8512 ext. 251.

Aug 12-15. HEHDOKA Knap In, at the historic Hole-in-the-Mountain County Park is the Te Tonka Ha Rendezvous.    Located in Lake Benton, Minnesota just off of US Hwy 75 and US Hwy 14.  Free camping Thursday, Fri. & Sat. nights. Any other nights must pay county camping fees. Contact Park manager to reserve electrical sites, 507-828-5313. No registration or set up fee. Due to the knappers GREAT support.  No Auction will be needed this year!!! The weekend offers a variety of historical, educational and fun activities for the entire family.  Muzzle loading shoots, tomahawk throwing contests, Can Can dancers, musical entertainment and flintknappers from around the United States will demonstrate their skills.  For more information contact Carl Burk at 507-368-9484 or Paul Nordmeyer, phone 605-691-6034 or email at lbenton@itctel.com or visit us on the web at www.visitlakebenton.com click on the Events Calendar. 

Aug. 28-29, STONE TOOL CRAFTSMAN'S SHOW. Letchworth Park, Castile, NY. Letchworth is considered the "Grand Canyon of the East."  This is one of the best shows of the knapping season. Always good fun. Atl-atls, knapping, camping. ATL-ATL competitions. A beautiful place to have a knap-in. SASE to Dana Klein, PO Box 368, Belfast, NY 14711.

Aug. 27-29. CENTRAIL INDIANA KNAP-IN. Held at Mosher Farm, Monon, Indiana. Directions: State Road 16, 2 miles west of Monon. Food, Elec. & water provided. Donations accepted. No fees. Contact Ed Mosher: 574-278-6266.

 SEPT. 3-5. FLINT RIDGE KNAP-IN. Held at the Flint Ridge Park near Brownsville, Ohio. Knapping, on-site camping, lots of space for setups and parking. Atl-atl competitions. You can set up on Wednesday if the grounds are ready. No pre-registrations. Vendors & Atl-atl fees are $20. per person for the event. Primitive, camping, food concessions, shower. All vendors and campers must be out of the park on Labor Day by 10:00 am, NO EXCEPTIONS! No ground fires on the park property, except for fire tubs, 1st come, first served! Heavy camping trailers and Motor Coaches may have to park at the park’s supply building, depending on ground conditions. Please chip over a sufficient tarp! If you do not have one, contact Ed Moreland for a spare. We are picking up more chips each year and the park will only tolerate so much! Help us in the clean up (most do) so we can keep the great knap-in park for years to come. We appreciate your participation and friendship of all who make this knap-in one of the best!   Ed Moreland: 740-625-5868; Roy Miller: 330-473-7041, Frank Slagle: franksjr@yahoo.com. 

SEPT. 15-19. OSAGE KNAP-IN, Highway 70 just east of  BOONVILLE, MISSOURI at exit 111. This location is on the “Brady Show Grounds”. Additional information about this site is available at www.mrvsea.com. Knapper’s registration fee is $5.00 for each Knapper or Knapper and spouse.  Children under 16 are free accompanied by a parent. Free primitive camping is permitted, and some full hook-ups are also available for a fee. For more information contact one of the event coordinators: BOB HUNT 816-807-1334, ROY MOTLEY 816-229-6025, MARK MENKE 816-229-9943 DENNIS GARRISON 816-650-3559 MIKE WILLIAMS 573-445-8022

SSept. 17-19. NORTH CAROLINIA KNAP-IN.  Held at historic Hogan's Farm just outside Chapel Hill in Orange County, NC. Come join flint knappers and primitive skills artisans  for 3 days of education, craftsmanship, and fun. Flintknapping is an ancient technology where rock is worked to form useful tools, arrowheads, and spear points. A Knap-in is a gathering of flint knappers of all skill levels, primitive skills artists, venders and interested on-lookers who buy, sell, or  trade rock, finished points, exchange knapping techniques and share friendship. A fee of $10 per person per night will be charged for primitive camping and to help off-set operating expensives. Firewood and port-johns will be provided. A fee of $20 per day will be charged to vendors. Vendors may camp free of charge. Parking is free. We will also hold a raffle of donated goods to help cover costs. Contact Joe Moylan at 919-632-6794 or jmoylan1002@nc.rr.com or Jim Cornwall at 919-810-2120 or hardawaypoints@yahoo.com . Property address is :9118 Old N.C.86, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516. http://www.primituvearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,20302.html

Sept. 24-26.  Bois D' Arc Primitive Skills Camp and Knap-In! This year's event will be held at the beautiful Hulston Mill Historic Park near Greenfield, Missouri. The new site has great amenities like water, showers, electricity, and there is a food concession onsite. They have a couple of websites; one is at http://www.missouristate.edu/rls/hulston/hmo.htm  Just click on the "home" page for a map to the site. Put the date on your calendar, hope to see you there! Thanks.  www.boisdarc.info

Sept. 24-26. OLD STONE FORT KNAP-IN. Contact information: Keith D. Wimberley, Park Ranger II, Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park, Manchester, TN Keith.Wimberley@tn.gov Park phone number, 931-723-5073.

Oct 1- 3. Kansas Knap-in,  at Maxwell Wildlife Refuge.  Come join other flint knappers at scenic Maxwell Wildlife Refuge, located 6 miles north and 1 ½ miles west of Canton, Ks.  Primitive camping will be available on the grounds or at McPherson State Fishing Lake 1 ½ miles west of the Headquarters area.  The knap-in will be held in conjunction with the Friend’s of Maxwell Fall Rendezvous.  Mountain men camps, traders, buffalo herd tours, and bluegrass music are part of the event.  There will be concessions on the grounds.  Usually the elk are bugling this time of year and can be heard after dark around the campground.  For more information call the Friends of Maxwell at 620.628.4455 or Randy Clark 316.683.8069 (work) or 620.899.3946.

October 7-9. 9. Texas Hill Country Classic Knap-IN.  Llano, Texas.  The location is Robinson City Park 2 miles West of downtown Llano on F.M. 152. The Robinson City Park is located on the banks of the Llano River and the park has a huge pavilion in which to gather. There are camping sites and R.V. hookups available at the park. For information concerning fees for site use, you may contact the Llano Chamber of Commerce at 1-325-247-5354. We would appreciate your willingness to pay a 10.00 entry fee to defray the pavilion and site use fee.  Jim Scallorn, Richard Dobie, Mick Thurber 432-296-1606

Oct. 8-10. 12th WHITE RIVER KNAP-IN. I hope to see everyone this year at the White River Knap-In. Campground in Bull Shoals, in Lake View, Arkansas.  This will be where the "Hillbilly Chili Cook-off" will be held. Access to both the lake and the river. $5 per tent.    If anyone needs more info you can call me at 870-405-3052. Come Early!!