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ariel · 24th January 2020, 10:22 PM

Don’t think so. The very size of the whale and the thickness of the blubber required much longer blades. There also was no need in diamond profile and the function was to flense, not to stab.
Blubber knives were used for Samoan Nifo Oti. That’s where we find most of them these days.

24th January 2020, 10:22 PM	#17
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Don’t think so. The very size of the whale and the thickness of the blubber required much longer blades. There also was no need in diamond profile and the function was to flense, not to stab. Blubber knives were used for Samoan Nifo Oti. That’s where we find most of them these days. Last edited by ariel; 24th January 2020 at 10:55 PM.