Slaughterhouse cleavers?

Watch THE auction site for cleavers, they do come up. There was a big cleaver on Bernard Levines forum recently, probably on the first or second page. It was a sheep splitter, not sure what they'd call the one you posted.
Here's a cleaver I played with a bit, put new leather handles on it and made it a cover. Now it's a bush whacker. ;-))
This one has about a 14 inch blade and a 6 inch handle.
Regards

Robin

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Pipeman said:
Watch THE auction site for cleavers, they do come up. There was a big cleaver on Bernard Levines forum recently, probably on the first or second page. It was a sheep splitter, not sure what they'd call the one you posted.
Here's a cleaver I played with a bit, put new leather handles on it and made it a cover. Now it's a bush whacker. ;-))
This one has about a 14 inch blade and a 6 inch handle.
Regards

Robin

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That's pretty sweet! How thick is the blade on that? From what I have been able to find, these cleavers had pretty thick blades (around 1/4 inch); I imaging they're quite heavy!

Yeah, I've seen them on the auction sites. Actually, the one I really liked, with what appears to be a full tang, was on one of them (already sold), but I obviously couldn't post that link on here.
 
J.
If I remember it was 5/32 and a nice distal taper to the tip. It eats Maple saplings in one swat.

Regards

Robin
 
I've seen a few on auction sites, but they were not cheap.

A custom one would likely be more.
 
That is a Beef Splitter. They have been obsolete since the introduction of reciprocating hacksaws.
F. Dick is the only manufacturer I know of that still makes one.
 
i have 2 huge cleavers with all metal handles that my cousin gave me along with 4 smaller cleavers. his father collected cleavers and has a 55 gallon drum full of small ones and numerous large ones in the garage. i showed a buddy and he guessed the weight on the largest one to be about 30# and the smaller one about 25#.

i never measured them yet but they are roughly 28"-30" long and the heads are roughly 12"-16" between the 2. i'll see if i can take some pictures of them and get correct measurements.

i was showing another buddy the large ones and he ended up talking me into trying to throw the large ones at a tree he was getting cut down in a few days. i almost stuck the larger one of the 2 on my first throw. i only tried 3 more times after that and decided the smaller ones were much more fun to throw.
 
A 55 gallon drum full of cleavers. That's the coolest thing I've read all day. Don't forget to post those pics of the big ones.
 
his father passed away so he's not sure what he's going to do with them. a lot are really rusty and pitted all over and in need of new edges ground. some are not in bad shape on the edge but pitted on the flats. i think the bad ones will get a curved edge or even reground and made into throwers. these were made without any handles attached since there are no pin holes.
i would say the user would have to wear heavy gloves or have some tough hands. i know there are a few sharp burrs on the large ones that need removed.
 
I've had a Cold Steel Two Handed Machete for a few years now that comes pretty close to one of those carcass splitters.
 
There also are the one from Mueller Hammerwerk in Austria.
Here is the corresponding section from their website. They don't list prices on there or in their PDF catalog. But having ordered some axes from them, I still have the catalog that does have prices. The heaviest beef cleaver costs 262€.
 
Davey,

i think you should look for this maker/forumite Archer Here. He makes excellent knives and swords and his Bill the Butcher from Gangs of NY seemed to match yours...very decent price as well.

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