FlatLiner Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 The inspiration for this cleaver was an old cleaver my grandpa had in his kitchen that was his grandpa's. It was most likely made by a country blacksmith. The spine was dented and banged up from being hammered through pig and cow carcasses, the handle was chipped and worn but it was still usable and razor sharp. I don't know what happened to that cleaver but we decided to make one in homage to that old cleaver. We wanted it to look like a country blacksmith made it and to have small imperfections because we thought it would add to the over all look. The blade is 5160, The handle is Mexican desert ironwood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinDoc Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Now that is pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Very nice, I have a cleaver that is very similar to it, no idea where it came from though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojo Pedro Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Very nice. Really like the Ironwood. Bunch of Iron wood in the lower desert west of me, I want some now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Beautiful work. I can't decide which I like better, the blade or the handle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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