US 1750/185O���S ERA WHALERS BLUBBER CUTTING KNIFE. THIS RARE AND INTERESTING BLACKSMITH���S HAND FORGED CUTTING INSTURMENT MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 31″ OVERALL WITH FURREL, BY 6 ��” AT IT���S WIDEST SECTION BY 1/8″ THICK. IT WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 7 POUNDS AND ACCEPTS A 1 3/8″ WOOD SHAFT. THE BLADE HAS A RED RUST PATINA AND APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN HARDENED, HAS A SLIGHT RING WHEN TAPPED. THE FURREL SECTION IS RIVETED TO THE BLADE. THESE CUTTING TOOLS ARE OFTEN ILLUSTRATED AS BEING ON THE END OF A LONG WOODEN SHAFT WITH THE WHALER���S STANDING ON THE WHALE���S CARCASS AS THE BLUBBER IS BEING SLICED OFF. THIS MUSEUM QUALITY PIECE CAME OUT OF A SOUTH JERSEY ESTATE SALE WHERE THE FAMILY TOLD OUR RUNNER THAT IT HAS BEEN HANDED DOWN IN THE FAMILY THROUGH MANY GENERATIONS.

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US ALL STAINLESS STEEL POCKET KNIVES, REF 1/134, MAIN BLADES ARE HM “CAMILLUS AND DATED IN THE 1984/1988 RANGE, HAVE SEVERAL, BRAND NEW

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