Thread: Its not a razor but it was only one dollar.

I was at an antique fair saturday, and found a few things. A nice Eliot razor and a C-Mon pocket hone were both pretty good but my favorite buy was a giant meat cleaver. Thing was black and red with rust but the price was right at ONE dollar. I could not resist as thats a big bunch of old steel for the price. I will post a pic from my phone. Didnt take a before pic but this is after a handful of hours sanding by hand and a brief soak in apple cider vinegar.

It is cleaning up.

It's not a razor, but with proper honing it can be

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.

I think it is utterly brilliant to put that directly on the cleaver.

Originally Posted by Utopian

I think it is utterly brilliant to put that directly on the cleaver.

I thought so too.

That's why I just shake my head when I see some dufus using a grinder to 'restore' the edge on a cleaver at YouTube.

I 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.

For a buck, i could pass that up either. Nice score!

"I'd buy that for a dollar!"

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).