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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: JEB on July 27, 2016, 12:10:48 pm

Title: Letchworth Knap in questions.
Post by: JEB on July 27, 2016, 12:10:48 pm

Wife and I are heading to Maine to bicycle for a couple of weeks and planned the return trip to catch this knap in. Anyone on here that can give me some more direct answers to some questions that we have. Please PM me if you  are familiar with this knap in and the  accommodations  available.

Title: Re: Letchworth Knap in questions.
Post by: Zuma on July 28, 2016, 12:59:07 pm

 GeneseeValley Flint Knappers Association
 
  Thank you for visiting the official website of the Genesee Valley Flint Knappers Association (GVFKA).  Incorporated in 1994 and based in the beautiful Genesee River Valley of Western New York, the GVFKA is an association of individuals who share a passion for primitive skills.  While many of the members of the GVFKA are flintknappers, craftsmen who create stone tools such as arrowheads, spearpoints, knives, or other projectile points, all who have an interest in the prehistory of New York and primitive skills are welcome to join.







     Each year the GVFKA organizes multiple gatherings of primitive skills enthusiasts, the largest of which is the annual Stone Tool Craftsman Show held at Letchworth State Park in late August.  The event, also referred to as the New York Knap-In, draws hundreds of participants from across the US and Canada who demonstrate their skills, display and sell their work, and who offer raw materials and tools.  Visitors to the Stone Tool Crafstman Show can see flintknapping demonstrations and learn about a variety of other primitive skills that helped prehistoric cultures to survive.