Cleaver Maker and Dates of Manufacture

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Florida Jim

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I recently picked up a couple of nice, vintage high carbon steel meat cleavers that I am intending to put into use after some "light" restoration. One is a Wm. Beatty & Son #2 (9" blade/18" overall, ca. 1870's) and the other is an ARCO New York (6" blade/12" overall). There is some information on the Beatty family and their cleavers, but I cannot find any references to ARCO. I've seen quite a few ARCO cleavers for sale on eBay and other sites, but no history of the company. Anyone on the Forum know anything about this manufacturer? Are they pre-WWII era? Were they manufactured by some other company and marketed under the ARCO name? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
 
BTW...the ARCO cleaver has a teardrop-shaped hole in the blade instead of a circular hole. The only other cleavers I've seen with the teardrop hole were made by Briddell (circular holes and teardrop holes). I wonder if Briddell made cleavers for ARCO back in the day.
 
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