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Hello all.
I found this massive chopper at a local Flea Market...I had to own it.
Its 18" overall, and the blade is 12"X 5/16" at the spine, convex grind. Hand forged sometime in the past..I am guessing turn of the last century.
I originally thought it was Japanese, due to the handle and the forging method...but I was edumakated on the history of old butchering tools from America and the rest of the world...and it seems it was simply a butchers tool, with a new handle (handle was NEWER than the blade).
The blade steel is layered. The center "edge" is blue steel or some kind of hardened steel, and the spine is "wrapped" over the back, and is mild steel.
Honestly, where it came from means very little to me...cause when I laid eyes on it, I knew what I was gonna do to it.
The knife was in a poor state when I bought it, it was rusting and the handle had signs of major rust under the slabs, and I wanted to get it apart, and give it a new lease on life.
Taking it apart was no problem, the handle was falling of and split anyways.
The rust wasn't so bad after all..and it cleaned up well.
Sorry, I didnt have my camera during the work part of it, and I have the new handle on it already, but it is getting a coat tomorrow night (hemp wrap) and I want to take an After picture ..when its AFTER.
But I can't wait to show it to you guys. I have posted it on BF's in the BRL section and over on Becker..just to show it off..but I think this is the right group of guys and gals to really enjoy this one.
Anyways..here goes. I will post up some pics on Saturday of the NEW knife, but this is what it looked like right after I bought it.
Finished..with some kindred spirits.
I removed the old broken handle (oak with steel pins) and added a Birch wood handle, held in place with the copper ferrule, tube rivets and 2 ton epoxy, then added a tight hemp wrap and high impact clear epoxy. Very solid and comfortable.
Here it is, right before the final coat of epoxy...looking pretty good, and FEELING really good!
In hand.
the blade.
Next to my favorite Kukri (16.5" CAK)
Edge/ spine steel shot. Pretty cool ..
I found this massive chopper at a local Flea Market...I had to own it.
Its 18" overall, and the blade is 12"X 5/16" at the spine, convex grind. Hand forged sometime in the past..I am guessing turn of the last century.
I originally thought it was Japanese, due to the handle and the forging method...but I was edumakated on the history of old butchering tools from America and the rest of the world...and it seems it was simply a butchers tool, with a new handle (handle was NEWER than the blade).
The blade steel is layered. The center "edge" is blue steel or some kind of hardened steel, and the spine is "wrapped" over the back, and is mild steel.
Honestly, where it came from means very little to me...cause when I laid eyes on it, I knew what I was gonna do to it.
The knife was in a poor state when I bought it, it was rusting and the handle had signs of major rust under the slabs, and I wanted to get it apart, and give it a new lease on life.
Taking it apart was no problem, the handle was falling of and split anyways.
The rust wasn't so bad after all..and it cleaned up well.
Sorry, I didnt have my camera during the work part of it, and I have the new handle on it already, but it is getting a coat tomorrow night (hemp wrap) and I want to take an After picture ..when its AFTER.
But I can't wait to show it to you guys. I have posted it on BF's in the BRL section and over on Becker..just to show it off..but I think this is the right group of guys and gals to really enjoy this one.
Anyways..here goes. I will post up some pics on Saturday of the NEW knife, but this is what it looked like right after I bought it.
Finished..with some kindred spirits.
I removed the old broken handle (oak with steel pins) and added a Birch wood handle, held in place with the copper ferrule, tube rivets and 2 ton epoxy, then added a tight hemp wrap and high impact clear epoxy. Very solid and comfortable.
Here it is, right before the final coat of epoxy...looking pretty good, and FEELING really good!
In hand.
the blade.
Next to my favorite Kukri (16.5" CAK)
Edge/ spine steel shot. Pretty cool ..
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