J. B. Sollberger
A Memorial to J.B. Sollberger
by Errett Callahan
(from Bulletin of Primitive Technology, 1995)
August 2, 1995
J.B. Sollberger was one of the greatest flintknappers of our time - - of all time. He was born in 1915 and he died May 7, 1995, 80 years later. The flintknapping world will be lonely without him.
I first met Sollberger a quarter of a century
ago and maintained a student-guru friendship with him ever since. He was
one of only five Master-level knappers which I recognize of this era. When
Don Crabtree and Francois Bordes died in 1980 and 81, we were left with
just three.
Now we have lost Solly and are down to two - - Gene
Titmus and Jacques Pelegrin.
As I was passing thru Dallas on a trip out West back in 1969 (or was it 1971?) I contacted Dr. Vance Haynes at S.M.U. and asked if he knew of any flintknappers in the area. He told me about someone he'd heard of named Sollberger (whom he had mentioned in his
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