23/8 Greaves chopper. YEP!

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05-07-2015, 05:03 AM
10Pups

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23/8 Greaves chopper. YEP!

I saw this and just had to have it. The price was kind of high so I thought about it most of the auction time. In the end the seller accepted a bid of half price.

It was advertised as a W.Greaves but I didn't see the W until I went after it with some 600g. It was stamped right into the blade face which you can see is needing some clean up before I use it.

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I am starting to get a collection going of this sort of cutlery. I pass on a lot of stuff but sometimes I just can't resist.
Everybody needs a chopper right?

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The wooden handle has the typical rings on the end the same as on many of the Greaves wood working tools. Mom already has her eye on it thinking it would be just what she needs for chopping her famous coleslaw. I may have to forge a new one for her to keep this one :<0)

Wondering if it is used in a rocking motion ? Not much flat to this smiler to just chop straight down. Chef's, got an answer ?
05-07-2015, 05:27 AM
JSmith1983

Looks like a Ulu blade. Ulu knives were used for skinning, but they work well in the kitchen. No clue if that is what it is or not. Clean it up and put it to work. Sorry to say, but in the end mom will find some way to claim it and call it her own unless you can hurry up and make one and even then there is no guarantee that it won't end up in her possession.
05-07-2015, 06:07 AM
Substance

Didn't the ancient Egyptians (I think it was) have razor of a similar shape?
great looking cutter
05-07-2015, 08:56 AM
BobH

Now that an interesting tool. Have to admit my first thought was that it looked like an Ulu also. Alternately, a spade for leprechauns. :D

Bob
05-07-2015, 10:12 AM
cosperryan

Yes a rocking motion would be what you want to do.
05-07-2015, 10:04 PM
10Pups

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Originally Posted by JSmith1983

Looks like a Ulu blade. Ulu knives were used for skinning, but they work well in the kitchen. No clue if that is what it is or not. Clean it up and put it to work. Sorry to say, but in the end mom will find some way to claim it and call it her own unless you can hurry up and make one and even then there is no guarantee that it won't end up in her possession.

Thanks , going to have to google that up and check it out. Seen lots of skinning but (farm critters) but always a nice knife. Maybe it would be better for scraping later to get a nice skin.
05-07-2015, 10:04 PM
10Pups

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Originally Posted by Substance

Didn't the ancient Egyptians (I think it was) have razor of a similar shape?
great looking cutter

Going to have to look this 1 up too :<0)
05-07-2015, 10:31 PM
pixelfixed

Ulu,used for cutting whale Blubber.
05-07-2015, 11:21 PM
Geezer

I have seen such antiques with a fitted hardwood bowl which allowed them to rock back and forth while the bowl turned.and they were used to make chopped meat. Hamburger to the heathen.
~Richard
05-07-2015, 11:38 PM
pixelfixed

My wife has similar tool with a lignum Bowl around here someplace,is great for chopping nuts.
05-08-2015, 12:10 AM
sharptonn

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Yeah. I know what you mean. For me, it's cleavers. Smaller sizes. MUST be razor-related, though! :D

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05-08-2015, 03:40 AM
SirStropalot

I agree, sure looks like an Ulu, or I guess a European version. I have a couple used by the Eskimos. Used for skinning, fish cleaning, and even when eating meats they'd hold the meat in their teeth and slice off the bite with the ulu.

Google "ulu images"

Howard :)
05-08-2015, 06:20 AM
Substance

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My bad I was thinking of these
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But the ULu is definately it
05-08-2015, 07:15 PM
pixelfixed

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Originally Posted by sharptonn

Yeah. I know what you mean. For me, it's cleavers. Smaller sizes. MUST be razor-related, though! :D

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We have 3 Cleavers,Have never used them,they scare the hell out of me:)
05-08-2015, 07:41 PM
WW243

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Razor 1390-1295 B.C. Egypt 4" high, bronze or copper alloy
05-08-2015, 07:59 PM
JP5

So, any trouble shaving under your nose with that thing??:medvl:

It does look similar to the Ulu blades. Most of them seem to be more rounded, but you never know how much use this blade has seen or how many times it was sharpened!

Thanks for the post.
05-08-2015, 08:19 PM
Euclid440

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Or leather cutting Round Knife.

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05-08-2015, 10:14 PM
cudarunner

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Yeah. I know what you mean. For me, it's cleavers. Smaller sizes. MUST be razor-related, though! :D

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Tom, If you're going to be hacking through bone and flesh, you need a Little 'Meat' to the 'Cleaver'.

Here's my little 'Meat it to Cleaver' :roflmao

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Just like Straight Razors/It's Personal Choice.

Since I don't cut meat professionally these days I rarely use my cleaver. I do like to use it to flatten pieces of meat and to use it to make 'cube steaks' and such.
05-08-2015, 10:20 PM
sharptonn

That is a big one, Roy! I use the smaller ones to slice and chop, smaller stuff. Sort of like a heavy razor.
Let gravity do the work! :)
05-08-2015, 10:43 PM
cudarunner

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Originally Posted by sharptonn

That is a big one, Roy! I use the smaller ones to slice and chop, smaller stuff. Sort of like a heavy razor.
Let gravity do the work! :)

(Slicing and chopping smaller stuff) is why GOD made Knives. :y
05-08-2015, 11:15 PM
sharptonn

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Originally Posted by cudarunner

(Slicing and chopping smaller stuff) is why GOD made Knives. :y

Sooooo. What are smaller cleavers for? :shrug:
05-08-2015, 11:22 PM
cudarunner

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Originally Posted by sharptonn

Sooooo. What are smaller cleavers for? :shrug:

In a place Far Away and a Long Time Ago they were used by Munchkins in the Land of Oz. :tu

They are kind of like 'corn razors'!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYvs9cB3qVk

:rofl2::roflmao :rofl2::roflmao :w
05-08-2015, 11:22 PM
pixelfixed

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Originally Posted by sharptonn

Sooooo. What are smaller cleavers for? :shrug:

Cheese Boards.
05-09-2015, 12:10 AM
Leatherstockiings

I've been looking around the internet and think the Greaves is an herb chopper.
05-09-2015, 04:43 PM
10Pups

Well I have come to the conclusion it could be anything I want to use it for. I took a lot of excursions on the bay and Google looking a blades shaped close to the same and like all of you say it could be this OR that. Will have to clean it up and see what kind of edge I can get on it. I going to try using it as a chopper first. That's what I bought it for so....

Thanks for all the input. I am thoroughly confused now :<0)
05-10-2015, 01:20 PM
Euclid440

Like most knives… it’s a multi-tool…
09-30-2015, 01:37 AM
Wullie

13.5" in length, blade is 5" tall at highest point, blade is 7". Weighs close to two lbs.
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/u...R/DSC_4375.jpg

Blade and tang are tapered.
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/u...R/DSC_4380.jpg

Trying to figure out just WHO made it. I know it wasn't Greaves. :)
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/u...ade%20mark.jpg

Made very similar to Foster Bro's stuff but not marked as such.
09-30-2015, 02:21 AM
10Pups

Now that is a chopper Wullie. I keep an eye out for those. To cheap or I would have a few. Does the "a" in the diamond represent something other than a makers mark ?

Side note:: Funny this thread popped up again when it did. Just scored A Robeson Shuredge Butcher knife. Pics when I get it :<0) I keep buying this stuff looking for a decent Bresnick chef's knife.
09-30-2015, 03:14 AM
Ernie1980

That is quite a find! I would love to see more pictures! Are you going to restore it or leave it as is?
10-01-2015, 12:37 AM
Wullie

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Originally Posted by 10Pups

Now that is a chopper Wullie. I keep an eye out for those. To cheap or I would have a few. Does the "a" in the diamond represent something other than a makers mark ?

Side note:: Funny this thread popped up again when it did. Just scored A Robeson Shuredge Butcher knife. Pics when I get it :<0) I keep buying this stuff looking for a decent Bresnick chef's knife.

Haven't seen any Bresnick knives that I know of. Don't usually pay much attention to kitchen stuff unless it looks old and wicked. LOL

That "A" inside the diamond is the maker's mark I think. I suspect it may be a contract mark. Like I posted earlier, the cleaver is pretty much a dead ringer for some of the older Foster Brothers cleavers. Got some posts on some knife boards and so far nobody has made any suggestions.

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Originally Posted by Ernie1980

That is quite a find! I would love to see more pictures! Are you going to restore it or leave it as is?

I think it'll stay as is. May tune the edge up a bit, but it doesn't need much.

Here's a link to all the pics I have of it.
CLEAVER by Wullie Palm | Photobucket
10-01-2015, 12:53 AM
Phrank

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Originally Posted by Wullie

Haven't seen any Bresnick knives that I know of. Don't usually pay much attention to kitchen stuff unless it looks old and wicked. LOL

That "A" inside the diamond is the maker's mark I think. I suspect it may be a contract mark. Like I posted earlier, the cleaver is pretty much a dead ringer for some of the older Foster Brothers cleavers. Got some posts on some knife boards and so far nobody has made any suggestions.

I think it'll stay as is. May tune the edge up a bit, but it doesn't need much.

Here's a link to all the pics I have of it.
CLEAVER by Wullie Palm | Photobucket

Thanks Wullie - chopper looked interesting.

Ohh...and thanks for the awesome avatars - you have some superb one's in their! :D
10-01-2015, 01:47 AM
cudarunner

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13.5" in length, blade is 5" tall at highest point, blade is 7". Weighs close to two lbs.
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/u...R/DSC_4375.jpg

Now the Challenger to the Heavy Weight Cleaver Championship of the World!

F Dick weighing in at 2 lbs 3 oz with a height of 4 and 1/8"s at it's peak and a blade length of 9"s with a total length of 15"s of hard pounding Vintage German Steel with no losses here's No 98!

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10-01-2015, 01:58 AM
Wullie

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Originally Posted by Phrank

Thanks Wullie - chopper looked interesting.

Ohh...and thanks for the awesome avatars - you have some superb one's in their! :D

http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/u...agicturnip.jpg

:rofl2:
10-01-2015, 02:11 AM
Phrank

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http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/u...agicturnip.jpg

:rofl2:

Passed on that one...hahaha...really though, some killer avatars there, and a few from one of my all-time favorite shows, "Blackadder"!

Back to regularly scheduled programing.:o

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10-01-2015, 02:18 AM
Wullie

http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/u...lashheart1.jpg

Blackadder was (and still is) A CLASSIC!

I was wondering if you were going to tire of my hat guy. LOL nose around and find something you like and grab it if you want. I've always got an eye out for more crazy stuff.
10-04-2015, 03:28 AM
10Pups

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Originally Posted by Ernie1980

That is quite a find! I would love to see more pictures! Are you going to restore it or leave it as is?

If your talking to me it is in the same shape today. I have no need for a chopper right now as I live with one of the best cooks I know of , ( Mom) :<0) I had to hide it so it doesn't find it's way into a certain drawer that seems to suck blades out of nowhere. I promised to make another for her but this one is safer in the condition it's in right now.
10-04-2015, 03:30 AM
10Pups

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Oh and here is the ShurEdge.

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Now where is the knife honing thread again ? :rofl2:

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