LEATHER WORKING LUNETTE KNIFE

Rick · 30th January 2023, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by fernando

Not intending to switch the topic but, which tool would a whale need to 'flay' a man

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Well, lately Killer Whales have been attacking sailboats in the Bay of Biscay and offshore of your home buddy.

https://www.sciencetimes.com/article...y-portugal.htm

Jim McDougall · 31st January 2023, 01:49 AM

I have held back as long as I can, there WAS this huge white whale........Melville (1851).

Based on the sinking of the ship Essex in 1820 by a rogue sperm whale.

fernando · 31st January 2023, 10:32 AM

Well guys, sometimes the whale wins. You know the joke

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Jim McDougall · 31st January 2023, 03:30 PM

Well noted, sometimes the hunters become the hunted, case in point, the 'lions of Tsavo'.

Jim McDougall · 21st November 2023, 01:30 AM

Confirmation from the New Bedford Whaling Museum,
this is NOT a whaling knife, but a 'round knife' for working leather, just as Richard noted.

-finis-

drac2k · 21st November 2023, 03:44 PM

I am also offended by the continued murder of whales, "ABOLISH THE WINDMILLS!"

fernando · 21st November 2023, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by drac2k

... "ABOLISH THE WINDMILLS!"

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31st January 2023, 01:49 AM	#2
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,288	I have held back as long as I can, there WAS this huge white whale........Melville (1851). Based on the sinking of the ship Essex in 1820 by a rogue sperm whale. Attached Images Last edited by Jim McDougall; 31st January 2023 at 02:04 AM.

31st January 2023, 10:32 AM	#3
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Well guys, sometimes the whale wins. You know the joke .

31st January 2023, 03:30 PM	#4
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,288	Well noted, sometimes the hunters become the hunted, case in point, the 'lions of Tsavo'.

21st November 2023, 01:30 AM	#5
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,288	Confirmation from the New Bedford Whaling Museum, this is NOT a whaling knife, but a 'round knife' for working leather, just as Richard noted. -finis-

21st November 2023, 03:44 PM	#6
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,258	I am also offended by the continued murder of whales, "ABOLISH THE WINDMILLS!"