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05-07-2018, 07:12 PM #1
Not long ago I cleaned a cleaver up for a friend. Just like yours someone had been hammering on the spine. I used a file to get it back decent. I also used a palm sander and started at 80 grit Wet&Dry and ended up at 600.
Also his had similar chips out of the edge. Now remember these are 'cleavers' not knives. So the edge is different. Again I used a file to take the chips out but I had the blade in a VICE and flattened the chips out (bread knifed) and then reformed the edge.
Here's what the stamp on my F. Dick cleaver shows as to how the edge should be formed.
I hope this is of some help.Last edited by cudarunner; 05-07-2018 at 08:47 PM.
Our house is as Neil left it- an Aladdins cave of 'stuff'.
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05-07-2018, 07:44 PM #2
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Thanked: 3795I think it is utterly brilliant to put that directly on the cleaver.
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05-07-2018, 07:55 PM #3
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05-07-2018, 11:13 PM #4
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Thanked: 104I wondered why someone would hammer the back of a cleaver. This poor thing must have been a meat cleaver/ wood chopper/ you name it. I can’t make out the manufacturers mark but it is there. The handle is pretty distinctive though, so I was looking on eBay to find one like it.
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05-08-2018, 12:29 AM #5
For a buck, i could pass that up either. Nice score!
It's just Sharpening, right?
Jerry...
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05-08-2018, 01:28 AM #6
"I'd buy that for a dollar!"
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05-08-2018, 01:47 AM #7
wow! great deal. I always keep my eyes open for cleavers as some of the well known razor makers also made cleavers ( I once saw a Henckles at a flea market).
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05-08-2018, 01:05 PM #8
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Thanked: 104Thanks for the tips. I used a file last night to take out that horrible ridge along the spine. It came out nicely. I was out of sanding discs for the orbital sander, so I will have to get that tonight. Its going to take a bunch of hone time on the Norton to get the little chips out of that edge. I am enjoying this though.
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05-08-2018, 11:22 PM #9
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Thanked: 292Check out some of the YouTube videos by Murray Carter of Carter Cutlery. He is a trained Japanese bladesmith, but some of his honing techniques are rather controversial in the SRP community.
Murray is known for shaving with pretty much anything made of metal: knives, axes, spoons, tin can lids, etc. I am sure he could turn your cleaver into a great shaver.
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05-08-2018, 11:58 PM #10
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Thanked: 104I gotta say this cleaver is a bunch of fun. Big norton jb6 stone and a random orbital sander are not useful for razors, but they are doing fine here.