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