Cleaver sharpening

[FortyTwoBlades]

JB,
I cut this one down to use when camping/gardening
Convex 'axe' grind with a skandi grind close to the handle, works well on wood

Pretty much a Giustina pattern manaresso right there!

 

[jblyttle]

Or abuse. Someone or someone's kiddo might have taken it to the woods to chop on anything they could find...steel bars, old metal barrels, or whatever. Maybe someone used it for busting up some bricks or concrete. Who knows...judging by some of the abuse we see on some of the axes people find, it wouldn't surprise me to find out the cleaver was treated/abused the same way.

Right, but it's still hardened if chipping. There are enough chips along the entire edge that abuse is a given in my mind. Abuse of a soft edge would mean turned/bent edges.

 

[SC T100]

Right, but it's still hardened if chipping. There are enough chips along the entire edge that abuse is a given in my mind. Abuse of a soft edge would mean turned/bent edges.

Oh for sure...it's definitely a hardened blade. I was just saying that I don't necessarily think it's been hardened beyond normal cleavers, or that it needs to go in the oven to temper it before trying to sharpen it. It may well have been over-hardened, but I was just saying the damage may have been from abuse and not the result of an overly hardened cutting edge. I'd sharpen first, then see if it holds up before tempering it further.

 

[Sparky415]

@42,
It was my take on a Ben Orford Perang without spending too much money

http://benandloisorford.com/knives/orford-eban-parang/