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Eemoving Scraps from Try-pots. 

 Scrap-dipper. 



Bowl, sheet iron, perforated ; shank and socket, wrought iron; pole, 

 wood. Manufactured by sheet-iron workers. Total length, 13 

 feet. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882. 55806. U. S. Fish 

 Commission. A kind of skimmer or colander for removing the 

 refuse pieces of blubber, commonly known as scrap, from the 

 try-pots. Formerly made of copper or brass, but at present 

 usually of heavy tin or galvanized sheet iron. An improved 

 form. 



BLUBBER-PIKES. 



Handling Blubber when Mincing. 



Blubber-pike. 



Small iron pike with socket and pole, used on whaling vessels for 

 handling horse-pieces during the process of mincing the blub- 

 ber. Length, 5 feet 10 inches. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 

 1876. 25615. Humphrey S. Kirby. 



Blubber-pike. 



Common iron pike with spur for attaching the instrument to the 

 pole; strengthened by a metal band. Length, 4 feet 9 inches. 

 New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1876. 25617. Humphrey S. 

 Kirby. From the fore-hold of a returned whaler. Used in 

 handling blubber when trying-out. 



Blubber-pike. 



A single-pointed instrument, iron, attached to a rough wooden pole 

 by means of a spur, and held by a metal band or ferule. Total 

 length, 4 feet 9 inches. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1876. 

 25617. Humx>hrey S. Kirby. Used on the deck of a whaling- 

 vessel when "mincing" for transferring horse-pieces from the 

 blubber-tub to the mincing-tub. 



POT-PIKES. 



Stirring Fires and handling Scrap. 

 Pot-pike. 



A small pike, consisting of a spur, shank, socket, and pole, with 

 a collar welded near the bend to prevent the scrap from sliding 

 up the shank. Length of pike, 33 inehes. New Bedford, Mas- 

 sachusetts, 1 88 1. 57704. Gift of James Barton. Used for re- 

 moving scrap from the try-pots, pitching scrap as fuel into the 

 arches, and for stirring up the fires. 



