THREE WOOD-HANDLED CHOPPERS. American, 19th Century. The largest, a long-handled chopper with a large curved, forged blade, 15.5"l., the second, an early-handled whaling chopper with a fish-shaped blade with a curved tail, likely used for cutting whale blubber, 8.75"l., and the third, with a wooden top handle in red over green paint, a heart at the neck of chopper, and a curved blade, 6"h. Provenance: Nancy Goff (Alliance, Ohio); (whaling chopper) Brad Selinger (East Berlin, Pennsylvania)