The Puget Sound Knappers Code of Ethics PURPOSE: To serve as a platform from which to promote and practice knapping basics and skills. CODE OF ETHICS: The Puget Sound Knappers will not condone, encourage or sanction the following activities: 1. The sale of prehistoric artifacts. 2. Alteration of prehistoric sites. 3. Sale of modern replicas as authentic prehistoric artifacts. 4. The sale of modern replicas which do not clearly display permanent marks to distinguish the replicas as modern. 5. The leaving of a knapping area without policing the debitage, dating and burying it with coins, cans, etc. 6. Digging or collecting artifacts in a known prehistoric site.

Membership in the Puget Sound Knappers (PSK) - Membership in the Puget Sound Knappers Association is free to anyone that meets the following criteria:

 1.  You want to be a member and either flintknap or have a desire to learn how to knap or are just interested in flintknapping.

2.  You provide us with contact information so that you can receive 'SPALLS' - the official newsletter of the PSK.

3.  You agree, to the best of your ability, to abide by the PSK 'Code of Ethics.

4.  You attend one our knap-ins in the Pacific Northwest (strictly optional but highly enjoyable!).

There are no other formal requirements to be a member of the PSK, there are no dues, no fees, no registrations, and no qualifications other than being interested in knapping. However, there is a Clan within the PSK that is affiliated with the Ear of Corn Society/OogaBooga Tribe of Flintknappers. Membership in this clan is exclusive and anyone desiring to become a member and participate must meet certain requirements and undergo a rigorous initiation. Qualification reviews and initiation ceremonies are held at our knap-ins by designated clan members. To learn more about the history of the Puget Sound Knappers Association click the following link The History of the Puget Sound Knappers Association

To become a member of the Puget Sound Knappers simply contact any member or email the webmaster at :

In the upcoming document The History of the Puget Sound Knappers, I will trace the evolution of flintknapping in the Pacific Northwest from the PSK perspective.  Not because this is the only group of knappers in the Pacific Northwest, but because the PSK, through its newsletter, 'SPALLS', has been the only formal means of consistently communicating information about knapping in the Pacific Northwest. It has helped bring together knappers from WA, OR, ID, MT, British Columbia and many other states at our various knap-ins for the last 20 years.

Council Of Elders
The 'Council of Elders' is the advisory group within the Puget Sound Knappers Association that provides support and guidance for the PSK website and it's newsletter 'SPALLS' on behalf of all knappers in the PNW. The council consists of the founding members of the PSK, senior members of the OogaBooga Tribe and esteemed knappers in the Pacific Northwest.

The members are (alphabetically):

Brad Baughman Dalles, OR (Host of the Illahee Flats Knap-in)	Dave Pehling Granite Falls, WA (Founding Member of the PSK)	Ed Thomas  Goldendale, WA (Founding Member of the PSK)	Harvey Hughett Moscow, ID (Early Member of the PSK)
Jim Smith  Bothell, WA (early member and OogaBooga 'Spirit Guide')	Joe Greenwell Seattle, WA  (Early Member of the PSK)	Joe Higgins Oak Harbor, WA(Founding Member of the PSK, Ooga Booga Chief)	Mick Hill Lacy, WA (early member and OogaBooga 'Coyote')
Richard Urata Hamilton, MT (OogaBooga Chief, Host Bitterroot Valley Knap-in)	Richard 'Yukon Dick' Kocan Suquamish, WA (Early member and OogaBooga 'Coyote')	Steve Allely Sisters, OR ( Prior Host of the Glass Buttes Knap-in)	Stu Murdock Redmond, OR  (Early member and OogaBooga 'Spirit Guide')

History of the Puget Sound Knappers
Where are PSK members located?
Photos of Our Members - Past and Present
In Memorium
Missing Knappers - Help us located them
OogaBooga Members
Photos of the Non-Knapper Members
The Official Patch of the PSK
Special Tributes to PSK Members
Member's Knapping Signature
*New* PSK Point Collection
*NEW* The Display Case
Official PSK 'Knapper Mark' registration form
Grand National Knap-in Survey form

PSK Knap-in Best Practices Guide

  *NEW* Knapper's recipes

 PSK Flintknapping Humor

Back-up Webmaster/SPALLS Publishers Wanted

Lost and Found

390 Active Members

 * became active again
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** denotes a minor - no last name w/o permission

Our Webmaster is Jim Keffer, from Sammamish WA
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