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Some of our "irons" are actually used today in the
subsistence whale fishery. Some small museums order our
whalecraft to supplement their exhibits. Mostly though,
our harpoons are purchased for home, office, and
business establishments desiring a nautical theme.
We base our "irons" on the Catalogue of the Whaling
Museum Whalecraft Collection. These are real harpoons,
we hand make them new and age them to look old.
The irons are stamped with the whale boat designation, ie,
WB (waist boat), LB (larboard boat) and the makers mark. It
is then aged by a controlled corrosion to a fire black
patina. It is lightly oiled to preserve the iron as one would
an artifact of old.
Susie then serves the split socket with genuine tarred
marline (smells like the old ships). She then uses her
marlinespike to end the serving with a sailors turkshead
knot. She bends the "iron strap" ( genuine hemp line ) to the
socket with a double hitch and splice and tars part of the
whale line. Thus the iron is done!
If it is to be a full sized harpoon, a suitable pole of old,
50-100 yrs+, dead standing and naturally distressed is
cut from our homestead. It is hand hewn with a drawknife
to fit the socket and a light rubbing of boiled linseed oil is
used as a preservative. It is then stopped to the pole using
marline.
.
Our harpoons ship in the U.S. for $30.00 via USPS Priority
Mail.
Contact us first for intl. shipping charges and size
allowances.
We have a PAY PAL button on our contact us page.
We guarantee our work 100%. If not completely satisfied
we will refund your money. Buyer pays shipping back to us.
We have never had an unhappy customer!
subsistence whale fishery. Some small museums order our
whalecraft to supplement their exhibits. Mostly though,
our harpoons are purchased for home, office, and
business establishments desiring a nautical theme.
We base our "irons" on the Catalogue of the Whaling
Museum Whalecraft Collection. These are real harpoons,
we hand make them new and age them to look old.
The irons are stamped with the whale boat designation, ie,
WB (waist boat), LB (larboard boat) and the makers mark. It
is then aged by a controlled corrosion to a fire black
patina. It is lightly oiled to preserve the iron as one would
an artifact of old.
Susie then serves the split socket with genuine tarred
marline (smells like the old ships). She then uses her
marlinespike to end the serving with a sailors turkshead
knot. She bends the "iron strap" ( genuine hemp line ) to the
socket with a double hitch and splice and tars part of the
whale line. Thus the iron is done!
If it is to be a full sized harpoon, a suitable pole of old,
50-100 yrs+, dead standing and naturally distressed is
cut from our homestead. It is hand hewn with a drawknife
to fit the socket and a light rubbing of boiled linseed oil is
used as a preservative. It is then stopped to the pole using
marline.
.
Our harpoons ship in the U.S. for $30.00 via USPS Priority
Mail.
Contact us first for intl. shipping charges and size
allowances.
We have a PAY PAL button on our contact us page.
We guarantee our work 100%. If not completely satisfied
we will refund your money. Buyer pays shipping back to us.
We have never had an unhappy customer!
About Our Business
About Us
My first 'iron' boat
Our last 'iron' ship
'Some years ago....i thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the
world.' ....... Melville's Moby Dick
world.' ....... Melville's Moby Dick
Daniel & what a boat looks like
in the raw
in the raw
Drawing the lines
Frames up!
The future engineer bending deck beams & melting lead!
Daniel's helper... he eats a lot!
Plating the transom & keel
Susie sand blasting. when not marline
spiking, work, work, work!
spiking, work, work, work!
PLANK OWNERS S/V LIBERTY
Peter E Oliva II Commanding
Susan A. Oliva First Mate
Daniel C. Oliva Engineer
Captain John B. Stockel United States Navy