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    Posted 8 years ago

    blunderbuss2
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    Busby's, a beach-side restaurant that I have been stopping at for over 20 yrs., & BAM! I see it hidden behind speakers & crap. How could I have missed it?! I have been looking for a harpoon for yrs. & had finally decided that I would just have to make one & age it for that blank beam in my living room. Busby's is an icon on the Fr./Dutch frontier for decades. I started by telling them that it was the most interesting piece of nautical decor there, & they have it hidden! They are locals & just don't understand that "normal" people would love to see it plainly displayed. Well, since I know them, I popped the question to the owner's son & we settled on $200 (!). A repro. head/point is almost that much. As a family business, the owner asked his relative who started the business & he requested that they didn't sell it. Sh-t happens! Has me wondering, as the originals used iron instead of bronze for the toggle point because of dissimilar metal reactions (corrosion/electrolysis). Also, there should be a hole behind the pivot point passing thru the iron shaft for an iron wire to be inserted thru both to keep the toggle point straight until after penetration & then be sheared off when the toggle point is pivoted inside the whale. UGH! Can anybody add to my conclusions? Sure looks old, but is near the sea.
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    1. SEAN68 SEAN68, 8 years ago
      it looks old to me !! very interesting .
    2. inky inky, 8 years ago
      I have no idea wht it is..but! pretty colour!...;-))
    3. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 8 years ago
      Sean, nobody would know the difference unless they have researched them like I have. Still wondering, but it wouldn't have worked right without the iron wire. The head won't work right without it.
    4. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 8 years ago
      Inky, it's a bloody whale harpoon! I know that turns you off, but a part of history.
    5. inky inky, 8 years ago
      Oooowooooh!!..is dat wat it is!!!!...:-)
    6. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      No idea .... but you do.

    7. jscott0363 jscott0363, 8 years ago
      I have no idea if it's old or not. But, it looks great!
    8. SEAN68 SEAN68, 8 years ago
      I agree bb2 :)
    9. slackjack, 8 years ago
      Thank you for posting this. It is the second brass point I have seen. I have the first. Never mounted on a shaft, it has the hole behind the pivot. I have read the hole was filled with a wood peg that would shear to set the point in the whale. I asked at the New Bedford Whaling Museum about a brass point. I was told he had never seen a brass point, but could not guarantee they were never brass. Yours is proof some were brass, but we don't know where it was made. I found mine in the USA. I also have an iron point.
    10. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 8 years ago
      Slack, mine doesn't have the 2nd hole & wouldn't keep the point straight for entry. Maybe the hole is just hard to see. I'll go back in a few days & look at the other side. Want to get rid of yours. I am still going to make one & the head is the main problem. Have a German girl to swap. LOL!!
    11. walksoftly walksoftly, 8 years ago
      Here's one for you.
      http://www.ebay.com/itm/6-Whaling-Harpoon-nautical-decor-/201450425345?hash=item2ee7618c01

      No hole behind the pivot on this one either.
    12. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 8 years ago
      Walks, that's new made & not designed to work right. They just didn't bother to drill the hole thru the head & shaft. The slot for the shaft doesn't look like the head would quite go into the correct position. Aluminium as well. Thanks though for the trouble & thought.
    13. walksoftly walksoftly, 8 years ago
      Sorry, I guess I'm not on my A game. :(
    14. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 8 years ago
      Actually walks, that's what I want just to hang for decoration. I think I can do a better job. Talking to a friend who does investment casting about making the head.
    15. Roycroftbooksfromme1, 8 years ago
      https://www.google.com/search?q=whale+harpoon+museum&biw=800&bih=534&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CDIQsARqFQoTCPLwyby95cgCFQWjiAodnb4Eyg

      http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g60913-d125282-i110690287-New_Bedford_Whaling_Museum-New_Bedford_Massachusetts.html
    16. Roycroftbooksfromme1, 8 years ago
      http://fosterartandbooks.com/whaleport/whaling.html
    17. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 8 years ago
      Interesting Roy, but not much on harpoons.
    18. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 8 years ago
      Oh Roy, just missed your #15 poste. Now that's loaded with great pix to help! Thanks. Explains some details.
    19. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 8 years ago
      Hey Slack! I'll give you 6 goats & 3 copper bracelets for your point. LOL!!
    20. TubeAmp TubeAmp, 8 years ago
      Here's one guys take about bronze on a whale iron:

      http://www.whalecraft.net/Non_Whaling.html

      T A
    21. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 8 years ago
      TA. I have done a lot of research before & even more with tours & Roy's input. One pix is questionable, but all the others are of iron. The one at Busby's I had classified as repro. since it doesn't have the second hole. Slack's, of course I can't judge. The securing axis pin/rivet is supposed to be peened to the head & as long as that is ferrous, then the dissimilar metal problem doesn't exist between it & the shaft & would be negligible between the rivet & the head. My opinion is that they were all iron.
    22. Caperkid, 8 years ago
      Happy New Year Buss had a blast ! Don't go overboard tonight. Thanks for all the great posts.

      Roy
    23. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 8 years ago
      PS Caper. I quit going out partying on New Year's Eve some years back. Too many amateur drunk drivers out there & it makes it dangerous for us professional drunk drivers ! LOL!!
    24. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 6 years ago
      This was blown away in hurricane Irma. What a shame ! They should have taken my offer.

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