Florida Knap-In

Harry Pristis · Feb 19, 2014

Silver Springs, Florida, this weekend.

larson1951 · Feb 21, 2014

that sure looks like a lot of fun harry
are you gonna go?

rock · Feb 21, 2014

If i wasnt so far away Id visit ya Harry

fongu · Feb 21, 2014

I sure would like to attend this festival. But, have other plans. I went to this site and they are having other knap ins and one is in moundsville,georgia march 8 & 9th. Maybe I can make it to this one. They already had one in dade city and another is scheduled for ocklocknee river feb 28 thru march 3rd. Hope some of y'all get to attend and have a great time.

tomclark · Feb 21, 2014

Oh great, more fakes! :censored:

Somebody come back on here and tell us how many knappers are permanently marking their pieces and teaching others to do so..... instead of, "Look what I can do!"....

mainejman · Feb 21, 2014

Man Tom that definetly is the flip-side to an otherwise harmless hobby.Its all about the money.Where money goes corruption follows.Only in our greatly advanced society can we ---- up something as genuine as the art of knapping....

monsterrack · Feb 21, 2014

You know there will always be people that take advantage of others. You have people reproducing fakes in every form that can be thought of paintings, bronze, copper, clay , pottery, glass and the list could go on, and a lot of the people that make these items don't intend to do harm to anyone. It's the people that buy these item's for the sole purpose to defraud others that makes the hobbies look bad. I do know some knappers that ID their work, but they do it because they are legends in their on mind :laughing7:

. Getting every knapper to ID their stuff would be like getting every pot smoker that rolls a joint to put his or her name on it, it wont happen. Most knappers wont to make the best looking point out of the best stone, because they are a type of artist in a way and that is one give away to a fake. I know that a lot of collectors do not like flint knappers, but look at it this way, the more points that people buy from knappers leave more points in the field for us collectors :laughing7:

and some of us collectors are knappers of some sort.

Harry Pristis · Feb 21, 2014

Nothing sharpens your appreciation and understanding of this old art like watching it being done today. Besides the weather is going to be great: about 75 degrees and overcast with a chance of rain. The museum is a worthwhile visit, too.

fongu · Feb 23, 2014

I wonder if they have any native cordage making demos at these knap-ins.

Jon Stewart · Feb 24, 2014

"Oh great more fakes" ? My points are not fake. They are real because I made them and I make them to use in the field to take game with and an occasional arrowhead necklace for my grand children.

Not quite sure what that statement means? I mark my points like our ancestors did.

Treasure_Hunter · Feb 24, 2014

Jon Stewart said:
"Oh great more fakes" ? My points are not fake. They are real because I made them and I make them to use in the field to take game with and an occasional arrowhead necklace for my grand children.

Not quite sure what that statement means? I mark my points like our ancestors did.

He means "fake" because some people try to pass them off as genuine artifacts..

American by birth, Patriot by choice.

I would rather die standing on my two feet defending our Constitution than live a lifetime on my knees......

Jon Stewart · Feb 24, 2014

Thanks for clearing that up. My problem is that I am such a bad flintknapper that they look real,LOL

kansa54 · Feb 24, 2014

Jon Stewart said:
"Oh great more fakes" ? My points are not fake. They are real because I made them and I make them to use in the field to take game with and an occasional arrowhead necklace for my grand children.

Not quite sure what that statement means? I mark my points like our ancestors did.

Jon , someone told me once that when someone asks if his points are real or fake, he offers to mount one on an arrow and shoot them with it and let them decide. He was pretty sure they would think it was real. LOL

deadeye 22250 · Feb 24, 2014

kansa54 said:
Jon , someone told me once that when someone asks if his points are real or fake, he offers to mount one on an arrow and shoot them with it and let them decide. He was pretty sure they would think it was real. LOL

I was told mine were fake because I refused to give some to someone. I have seen some real nice points that that knappers made. There is nothing wrong with the art of flint knapping.

russau · Dec 21, 2025

I sure wish that I could get to that level of experience ! Maybe if I keep at it until I die !

Arthritis has slowed me up a lot lately ! I may not get to even close to some peoples skill BUT I'd like to try in any event !

ToddsPoint · Dec 21, 2025

Practice, practice, then practice even more. Everyday. Eat, drink and sleep knapping. Then it will come!

robertk · Dec 21, 2025

ToddsPoint said:
Practice, practice, then practice even more. Everyday. Eat, drink and sleep knapping. Then it will come!

I've heard it said that to be able to do something reasonably well, you need 1000 hours of practice. But to really master doing it, you need 10,000 hours of practice. Don't know about the numbers, but the point is, it takes a lot of practice to be good at something, and exponentially more practice if you want to get really good at it.