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Boarding Knife

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Martha's Vineyard Museum

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About this artifact

The boarding knife was a very sharp, double-edged sword blade that was attached to a wooden pole. It was used for carving the blubber into "blanket pieces" in preparation for "boarding" the strips onto the ship's deck.

Date:
c. 1870
Dimensions:
Width: 2" Length: 56"

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