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| Jim Redfearn |
| Jim Redfearn is one of the best flintknappers in all of North America. He lives in Greeenfield Missouri and specializes in knapping Hardin and Dalton point. Jim has been knapping for around 30 years and been teaching others how to knap for many years now. He can knap just about any point type out there and his points are in high demand. Check out his high quality work on his website. Jim also his several video tapes out, and I personally have learned a great deal from each of them. Right is a beveled Hardin point made by Jim out of Burglinton chert |
| Dan Theus |
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| Dan is also one of the top knappers in North America. He's been knapping for I believe 15 - 16 years now, and is one of the most exacting and technical knappers I've seen work. Dan lives in San Antonio, Texas. While Dan doesn't have a website, you can see his work at most of the major knap-ins held around the country. Dan can make any point that is out there, but is known especially for his large fluted Clovis and Cumberland points that are almost always fluted perfectly from base to tip on both sides. Dan can also knap the nices narrow dogleg notches using indirect percussion and a copper nail. Right is a fine example of one of his dogleg notched points made from Rainy Buttes (petrified wood). |
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| Gary Parton |
| Gary is from Blue Eye Missouri, which is near Branson. Gary has been knapping for a few years now. Right is a corner notched point made from heat treated Burlington Chert. Gary sent me this point during a rock trade we negotiated, seems Gary wanted to try some of NY's finest and of course I could always use some nice heat treated Burlington. |
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| I think every flintknapper in this country knows who D.C. Waldorf is. He's one of the fathers of this great hobby and is considered by all a master knapper. Dave has been knapping with antler billets since the 1960's. He grew up in Ohio, so of course, he's known for his awesome replicas of Thebes points, E-Notches, and Dovetails. D.C. can knap any point he sets his mind to, and many of the great knappers we know today got their start learning from him. D.C. also is a master at making Danish Daggers of all sorts. He's the Senior Editor of Chips magazine, and an author of many of flintknappings must have reference books. Be sure to check out his website, as well as look him up at a knap in. I apologize for the terrible picture of him to the left, but it's the only one I have since Dave has not made it to the New York Knap-in since 2004. Right are a Dovetail made from Haverster Chert, and a Meadowood from Hornstone. |
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