I am looking for help to identify the specific type or style or maker or purpose of this cleaver I rescued from an old farm house basement. It did not have any handle. I am gently removing the rust with a soaking method. I hope to eventually attach a handle to it. The problem is the amount and placement of the holes in the blade has me stumped. I hope someone here recognizes this style and can direct me to a proper image with an attached handle. It does not have any name markings on it anywhere. It also has large hole in the forward part of the blade. The overall metal length is 12.5". The big hole is 2" in diameter. The actual cutting edge is 7" long. The width of tang is 1.5" wide. I am not sure if it used to have a shillelagh-shaped long handle or a wide, short, stumpy handle. Thanks for any help.
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Aardvark
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It is certainly a strange beast. Has a very "shop made" look to it, almost like it was cut out of a piece of scrap steel, which already had most of the holes. If that's true, the holes in the blade have no function, except for the largest one, which was obviously used to hang it on the Jeep axle that was conveniently protruding from the kitchen wall.
The profile of the edge is unusual, the handle area seems too wide. It also doesn't have a patina outline, where the front of the handle would have been. Maybe it never had a handle to begin with. Unfinished project, perhaps?
Hopefully, someone can come along and do more than guess...
Joe
The profile of the edge is unusual, the handle area seems too wide. It also doesn't have a patina outline, where the front of the handle would have been. Maybe it never had a handle to begin with. Unfinished project, perhaps?
Hopefully, someone can come along and do more than guess...
Joe
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I doubt you’ll find that in any cleaver ID website (if such a thing exists).
I agree with the above post that this is likely homemade. Based on the fact that you found it on a farm makes me think this is more likely a purpose built farm implement rather than a kitchen tool.
I agree with the above post that this is likely homemade. Based on the fact that you found it on a farm makes me think this is more likely a purpose built farm implement rather than a kitchen tool.