A Brief History of Harpoons

[@pamtnman1515]

we need a lot more videos like this

[@bryanburrus4415]

Really interesting and informative thx

[@johnbroadway4196]

Fascinating. Love the subject on how Whales were an important part of history, And America.

[@larryparks1520]

It's amazing how little information there is on historical whaling harpoons.

[@aaronyork3995]

Thank you sir

[@Hexarth]

awesome video, thank you

[@T12J7]

These Eskimo toggle-joint harpoon heads were mentioned in the book _The Ancient Engineers_ by L. Sprague de Camp

[@adouanenacer1878]

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[@T12J7]

@Lilnate94 Fletcher OK, so that is an interesting question. This is what is says in that book on the page 4: _"Some primitive inventions, like the manioc squeezer of the South American Indians, the Australian boomerang, the Eskimo toggle-joint harpoon, are extremely ingenious. They point to inventive talents as keen as anything the civilized would can show"_ This book is from the year 1988 and it very much puts the _"Eskimo toggle-joint harpoons_ right up there with the ancient _manioc squeezer_ and the _boomerang_ so it very much sounds like the author didn't think it was invented in the 19th century (between 1800 - 1900). It might be that the author meant that first type of a harpoon head because in some other sources they are called toggled harpoon heads and there are pictures of them in which they are made out of bone. The wording "joint" however in the name could only refer to that last type of a harpoon which is said to be moderately resent invention, so I don't know - the wording of that book for sure sounds like it would be talking about that said-to-be-modern-harpoon but I don't know - maybe the book is mistaken or maybe we have been told a lied regarding Lewis Temple. Hard to say what the book really meant because it doesn't have a picture. Like there is no reason why that toggle-joint harpoon couldn't have been an ancient invention since they did have copper swords and stuff back then. I think the only way to know this would be to find a ancient toggle-joint harpoons in some museum.

[@CommercialArtServices]

I have a replica harpoon that was my parents. It's great wall art. Do you know what kind of wood they used on the larger New Bedford Harpoon? WAS it a special light weight wood or something else?

[@francory1897]

What did a Louis temple harpoon weigh

[@maxsealey2487]

My great great great great grandad created the harpoon shooter

[@sigmarui]

harpoons, harpoons, *they are better than spoons*

[@chadmann2724]

Nah fam, with a spoon I can still fish at night.

[@Saberlus]

I'm curious about the last harpoon you showed in the video, from the yagna people of the tierra del Fuego area harpoon, it seems really long to work the way in which you describe. is that a fish harpoon or was it intended for mammals? seems like you would need a lot of penetration to get that through a mammal like a seal. it makes a lot more sense that it would be used for fish in deep water with thin skin.

[@deanrantz1112]

Lewis Temple couldn't make his own Hinges? ;)

[@ChrisdoperMichigan]

Cool fact the African Semliki harpoon; is 90,000 years old. I like how he said arrived to the continent. Kept it real

[@toastquest1681]

the Fuegan harpoon may be the most primitive, but it is the most beautiful too

[@joseleyva1241]

Well, it was the tool of the trade before we found out we could dig for oil in the ground.