Oak leaf #7 cleaver

[Timber II]

Picked up a nice cleaver for my collection…..thought some of ya would like to see it!

 

[SmokinEdge]

That’s a good bone chopper there. Can process a whole side of pork with that, no saw required.

 

[sawhorseray]

NICE FIND, THAT'LL SERVE YOU WELL! I HAD ONE THAT'D BEEN HANDED DOWN IN MY FAMILY FOR OVER A CENTURY. HAD SOME ELECTRICAL WORK DONE IN MY GARAGE AND IT LATER CAME UP MISSING. BEST PZZA CUTTER EVER, I HOPE THE KID THAT BAGGED IT WHACKS OFF A FEW FINGERS, F-ING POS!

 

[voyager 663rd]

Old knives, pans, etc are soooo much better. Bet that will look sweet when cleaned up

 

[Jim_C]

We have one much like it. Ours is also very old. It was used in the grocery store by my wife's relatives, back when, in the old China town section of Watsonville. The stamp shows Buffalo, NY, 1887.

We just had it "sharpened" by one of those folks in a tent outside the local grocery store. $10. They didn't do a very good job. We'll need to find someone who can put a proper edge on it and not just run it through a few passes on 1" belt sander.

 

[Timber II]

Thanks all! That sucks sawhorseray ….i can’t stand a thief

 

[voyager 663rd]

We have one much like it. Ours is also very old. It was used in the grocery store by my wife's relatives, back when, in the old China town section of Watsonville. The stamp shows Buffalo, NY, 1887.

We just had it "sharpened" by one of those folks in a tent outside the local grocery store. $10. They didn't do a very good job. We'll need to find someone who can put a proper edge on it and not just run it through a few passes on 1" belt sander.

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get a whet stone and learn how to do ALL your knives.

 

[in. pred]

i have an old Briddell. its of similar size, weighs 2-1/4#. dont know the age but old for sure.

it had hammer marks from miss use also on the back. you can gently peen those back down and into shape. the back isnt treated. just work on the side a lil on a anvil or similar block. i was surprised at how it moved back into shape. i then took to sanding it. i just use it to split my small chunks for the smoker.

 

[in. pred]

cool knife jim!
the edge on that cleaver isnt made to be razor sharp. its made for strength to chop bone. if you look its rolled to the edge convex. a sharp edge would chip off easily.

 

[chopsaw]

I like it .

my collection…

You collecting anything old in general ?
Ever come across anything from Shapleigh hardware ?

 

[Timber II]

I just like old stuff chopsaw ….most is hunting related, calls, decoys, wood bows, traps etc. but we have a bunch of food / restaurant related things too. Grinders, tables, a bit I’ve posted here. No shapleigh tho

 

[chopsaw]

I just like old stuff chopsaw ….most is hunting related, calls, decoys, wood bows, traps etc. but we have a bunch of food / restaurant related things too. Grinders, tables, a bit I’ve posted here. No shapleigh tho

Same here . Shapleigh was a hardware staple for years in St. Louis . You probably know that .
A lot of people collect anything from Shapleigh . I have an old racing bicycle that was my Uncles . Has a Shapleigh head badge on it , and this grain mill . The one on the right is a Griswold meat grinder .

I have some fishing lures that were my Grandpa's on my Dad's side .
I'll have to get them out and snap some pics .
I have some old tools , brace and bit , levels ,, hand drills . I still use the hand drills sometimes .
That steel is far and above better than today .
Also an old gas light fixture ( interior ) that came out of my Grandma's house .

Can't forget about my Patio light . Uncle was an electrician for the city . He was on a recovery crew for the converted gas street lights after the drunks ran them down on the weekend . They didn't all make it back to the yard .
Says October 31st 1895 on the upper ring . That might be a patent date . Not sure , but it's old either way . Has hand blown glass .

 

[Smoke-Chem BBQ]

A lot of people collect anything from Shapleigh . I have an old racing bicycle that was my Uncles . Has a Shapleigh head badge on it , and this grain mill . The one on the right is a Griswold meat grinder .

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This got me curious enough to dig out Mom's old meat grinder, which also likely came from the St. Louis area. It's a Polly Prim, another common grinder from that era. We've only got the one plate for it, I suspect it originally came with a set. One of these days I have to try it out.

 

[chopsaw]

This got me curious enough to dig out Mom's old meat grinder,

See , I think that's a grain mill .
Mine looks like this .

 

[Smoke-Chem BBQ]

See , I think that's a grain mill .
Mine looks like this .
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Oooohhhh. I hadn't considered that. I remember Mom and some German relatives who came out to visit from where she grew up outside of St. Louis making pork sausage on the farm when I was young. I assumed this was part of the process. I don't recall her ever grinding grain, but that would have made much less of an impression on a young boy than converting pig into sausage links.