Mr Quint
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Guys just wanted to share some other Jaws related items in my collection that don't really warrant individual threads.
Whilst on Martha's Vineyard in June I was very lucky and very honoured to meet up with the, now elderly, Harbour Master who lent Universal Studios the WW Greener Harpoon gun seen on screen and used by Robert Shaw in the movie.
This is me holding the gun and the green case seen in many of the scenes involving Quint.
I was not only lucky enough to see and hold the gun but I was also aloud to fire it. It went with a right bang and was almost like a scene out of Steel Magnolias when all the birds took off lol. I had been advised by the owner that I am the 3rd person to fire that gun since Robert Shaw, I was blown away to say the least.
I was also given a souvenir from the meeting, this is the blank that was loaded into the harpoon gun when I fired it, it says WW Greener on the bottom.
A few days later I meet up with Lynn and Susan Murphy again. Not only where they kind enough to sell me some more pieces of the Orca II but they showed me the control boxes used to control the sea sled shark. Notice the writing, Head up, Head down.
Yet again I was given a small souvenir of the moment when Susan and Lynn gave me some of the duct tape used to hold the boxes together.
Might not mean much to a lot of people but I love having these items as part of the overall collection. Enjoy.
Whilst on Martha's Vineyard in June I was very lucky and very honoured to meet up with the, now elderly, Harbour Master who lent Universal Studios the WW Greener Harpoon gun seen on screen and used by Robert Shaw in the movie.
This is me holding the gun and the green case seen in many of the scenes involving Quint.
I was not only lucky enough to see and hold the gun but I was also aloud to fire it. It went with a right bang and was almost like a scene out of Steel Magnolias when all the birds took off lol. I had been advised by the owner that I am the 3rd person to fire that gun since Robert Shaw, I was blown away to say the least.
I was also given a souvenir from the meeting, this is the blank that was loaded into the harpoon gun when I fired it, it says WW Greener on the bottom.
A few days later I meet up with Lynn and Susan Murphy again. Not only where they kind enough to sell me some more pieces of the Orca II but they showed me the control boxes used to control the sea sled shark. Notice the writing, Head up, Head down.
Yet again I was given a small souvenir of the moment when Susan and Lynn gave me some of the duct tape used to hold the boxes together.
Might not mean much to a lot of people but I love having these items as part of the overall collection. Enjoy.