Old Elephant Toenails/Sunfish Pattern Knives

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Nice group Greg.Now you need an original jumbo swellcenter to go with the whalers. ::tu::
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peanut740 wrote:Nice group Greg.Now you need an original jumbo swellcenter to go with the whalers. ::tu::
I need to see a picture of that Roger. I don't think I have seen one. ::drool::
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The whalers are gigantic! I've never seen one in person and seeing them next to the elephant toes provides a good reference. Nice group Greg.
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Nice group of knives Greg ::tu:: ::tu:: ... Like Jerry - I never have seen a whaler in person but remember when I saw my first elephant toenail and I thought that was a mighty big handful ::nod:: ... Those whalers look like you need 2 hands :lol: ... You have a photo Greg of an old toe nail next to the Whaler? In fact is it just the angle of the last photo or is the bottom whaler abit bigger than the others??
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Both of the whalers are 4 3/8 inches closed a shade longer than the Case at 4 1/4 inches. I think what makes them so impressive looking is the width o f the blade, about 1 5/8 inches at the widest point. ::woot::
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Thanks Greg ::tu:: ... WOW - 1 5/8” is the width of some fixed blades... I feel an itch coming on for one of those :wink: ...
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gsmith7158 wrote:Both of the whalers are 4 3/8 inches closed a shade longer than the Case at 4 1/4 inches. I think what makes them so impressive looking is the width o f the blade, about 1 5/8 inches at the widest point. ::woot::
Whalers were patterned after C Platts & Sons jumbo swellcenter knives.Bill Howard had one of mine for a year or so in his office desk.
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Here you go Greg.
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Roger I think I had read that fact in a prior GEC thread here somewhere but I had never seen the original. Those are fantastic! ::tu::
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Greg and Roger, beautiful knives! ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thanks Dimitri! ::tu::
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