One estate sale, three large cleavers...

G

gben

Joined
Nov 26, 2014
Messages
501
I wonder why this guy had these laying around his house. I know he was not a butcher as I knew his nephew and got some family history. It does not look like they were ever used, just laid around....Now I guess they will lay around my garage until I kick the bucket and my wife has an estate sale.

15039462_1168618896562322_3144305004305644358_o.jpg


15016231_1168618936562318_6538601865704821584_o.jpg


14976698_1168618826562329_8611118038950402410_o.jpg


14991097_1168618979895647_5574903508706336700_o.jpg
 
Great find, you can tell they obviously weren't used as the elwell still has old oil or whatever dried onto it.
 
John A. Larsen said:
Interesting that the top one has a "Broad Arrow" which usually indicates British military issue. John
Click to expand...

Well the old guy who owned this had a LOT of military surplus stuff laying around, bayonets, machetes, guns etc. so he very well may have ordered it from a military surplus house. He died in 1985 and most of the stuff he accumulated in the 50s and 60s.
 
I've got a couple of great German made Cleavers I got made by F. Dick Co out of Germany. I really love the nostalgic look of those you showed us pictures of. If I could get them at a reasonable price I would go for all of them myself. Being they all look like good USA made units I'm willing to bet that maybe one of them might have good collector value. If nothing else they would probably be good for sporting/outdoor uses maybe.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top