Antique Cleaver Restoration - It Turned Very Sharp

Hello folks! Today I want to show you my new restoration project. I found this antique cleaver at a flea market. The shape of cleaver is strange, or was the knife larger and longer or? On the shape of cleaver I found stamp, but I don’t know what is it. So in the process of work I found a stamp on the tang. Well, let’s start the restoration. 0:00 Review 0:25 Handle dismantling 0:52 Surface cleaning 1:13 Metalworking 1:52 Lathe working of handle 3:29 Final processing of handle 4:25 Hanging part of handle 5:35 Impregnation of the handle 6:09 Test 7:59 Cooking (check new video) I removed the old broken handle. Obviously, it is small and belongs to another object. I started my restoration with iron wire brush, cleaned the shape of cleaver. Then, I corrected the shape and made new bevels of the knife. I didn’t polish it in the mirror because I like the old patina. And there was little rust on it. The cleaver handle I made from beech wood. I cut handle on
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