Whammies..........

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Originally Posted by Don Rafferty

Cucheela - did anyone else use this name for their Green River knives?

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If I remember correctly cucheella is Spanish for knife, so not a real significance unless it was personal to the owner's interpretation

Don, Even now at home I use it for any kind of knife. I think I picked it up on the BA flyers as it is Portugese.

Ref. names I should be able to remember this one, so can anyone re-enlighten me where does a Yokohama Fender get its name. John Sabourn
. I guess they were first used or designed in Yokohama, I first used them in the early 70s on the ESSO YORK, we had them in davits along the main deck and fore deck. and lowered them down into the water when Lightering VLCCs
off Brixham or Torquay, before they went to Fawley or up the Channel..
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The first time I ever heard the word Whammy was in Blu Flu in 1959. I forget what we called them before.
Cheers
Brian.

Yokohama fenders, possibly named after the first manufacturers of these large rubber fenders, the Yokohama Tyre Company, Japan.
rgds
JA