It Came From Spain!

Eric Patterson

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It came, it came, it came from Spain. Literally, I finally got my hands on a Mullins Stamped Steel Boats catalog. I found several here in the US but they wanted hundreds of dollars for an original copy. Then somehow I ran across a copy in Spain for $7 and with shipping it was still less than $30. I ordered it and it arrived last night. I have scanned all 60 pages and am creating a pdf file. This and a bunch of other pictures I scraped from the internet will go into the Resource section, similar to the Herter's entries I've recently made.

I'm excited about this edition because to my knowledge this catalog is not available anywhere online. There is hardly a trace other than a few dealers who want a lot of money for old print. We are talking a large manufacturer that built many duckboats at the turn of the last century. These duckboats were quite popular yet very few hunters know the first thing about them. Finally, a place for the curious to see in high resolution what the fuss was about.


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Good morning, Eric~

Worth it for the cover art alone! Of course the gunning vessels are gorgeous, too. The oarlock stanchions - no doubt steel or at least wrought iron - are lots like ones I have "conceived" (but never built) from bronze bar stock.

Thanks for this!

SJS
 
Salem, Ohio. I have put together a video of the catalog and will post it on IG in a few days and will also make the catalog available in the Resources section along with a bunch of other pictures. Amazing that thousands of the boats were made but so few remain. I guess the galvanization wore away and rust got them like a tin roof.
 
Wonder what size presses they had to be stamping out hulls.

I saw a video or photos of how Grumman canoes were made. I am guessing they were similar. Lindsey used to publish a reprint book about stamping boats.

Rick Lathrop
 
There is a picture of a press in the catalog and I put it in the video so you'll get to see soon. The catalog actually goes fairly in- depth to the manufacturing process.
 
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