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33 1/8 inches long, 4 1/2 wide

Circa 1870

Whaling Head Spade

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One of the suite of tools used to process whales aboard whaling ships, the head spade was the heaviest of the whaling tools. Sharpened on three sides it could be used either as an axe or straight down to do the hardest work. This would have been used attached to a wooden handle.

Catalog SKU: 0003214

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