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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bluumz, post: 259419, member: 649&quot;]These &quot;white whale&quot; shoe laces were an interesting find. I&#039;ve done quite a bit of research on them. Most people assume the &quot;white whale&quot; is referring to Beluga whales since, in modern times, belugas are sometimes called white whales.</p><p>In fact, a 1915 publication from the Department of Commerce has a chapter on the hunting of the white whale in the Arctics and, according to this publication, the white whale at that time referred to the Balaena Mysticetus, or bowhead whale. It was hunted for its oil, however the rawhide was tanned and made into shoe laces due to its &quot;great strength and durability&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]81005[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]81006[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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