Two items from my father's estate

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My father passed away in February (liver failure), and his trade was being a chef. One of the items in his toolbox was this well loved/abused cleaver. It has substantial weight (as one would expect), and the quality is very evident.

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I know nothing of this manufacturer, but maybe some of you do?

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There are hammer marks on the spine. My old man used to break down a lot of pig, beef, poultry, and game.

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Interesting how much the tang tapers down. This bad boy would be fairly heavy without the weight reduction.

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Another item was my grandfather's pocket knife. He passed away when I was 3, and I had never seen this knife before. What's interesting is that there is a blade and a file. The file has teeth only on the edge (vs. on the flat side and the edge, or just the flat side). My grandfather built and repaired musical instruments, so this might have been used for his craft, though I can only speculate.

I have no use for a cleaver, so I will probably eventually sell it, but it still looks cool and, for now, reminds me of many days helping my dad make dinner.
 
Love the cleaver too. I just got my first as a freebie in with a GAW I won which showed up just yesterday and after sharpening it up (which was a first for me too) the wife and I put it to good use already last night and man was it awesome to chop threw meat with such ease.

BladesB4Firearms said:
Loving that cleaver! I'd bet the tapered tang is designed that way to make it more blade heavy to help with chopping.
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That may be a technical aspect of it but a tapered tang is a common style and is one sign of a skilled maker, plus it just looks cool. That is a very nice blade you've got of your fathers there, should make a great heirloom (and actually functional) for you to pass down one day.
 
If you don't want it, someone in the family might.

We had a "cousins club" dinner at our house and one of the cousins mentioned that he had our great-grandfather's tool boxes. He had been a carpenter. My brother was interested, he had built a workshop in the basement, and even built a very solid workbench. He got the tools!

When my grandfather died, we got a few of his machinist tools, and I had a simple pliers from him, with his name acid-etched on it. Some years later, I realized that my young cousin who had been named for him, had become a formidable mechanic. I brought him the pliers.
 
AlexWitte said:
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Another item was my grandfather's pocket knife. He passed away when I was 3, and I had never seen this knife before. What's interesting is that there is a blade and a file. The file has teeth only on the edge (vs. on the flat side and the edge, or just the flat side). My grandfather built and repaired musical instruments, so this might have been used for his craft, though I can only speculate.
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That is a gentleman's knife. It is too ornate for an ordinary working tool, although it may have been handy occasionally. The file is a nail file and the point on that blade is for cleaning under finger nails.
 
Good points, everyone, on hanging onto the cleaver. I kept other things, and I just don't want this beautiful tool being neglected. Guess I need to cook bigger meals. :thumbup:

Esav Benyamin - I was just surprised that the teeth went all the way down; I thought the file might be for something other than nails, but that make sense. The knife is in very rough shape - it looks like it was used a lot. Size wise, it is very tiny, and the blade is very much like the SAK Classic.
 
That Cleaver is the Bomb.I stand with most of the guys here by saying,there is no way and I say again NO WAY I could sell that cleaver if I were in your position.Keep it for a wall hanger in the man cave if you ain't gonna use it.
Eddie
 
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