In this video I restore a cleaver that I found lying in a puddle at an estate sale I went to and bought it for $1. I made it a new handle and gave it a very nice razor sharp edge. Enjoy the video. Evaporust: www.evapo-rust.com/buy/
As an ex chef I know the two most important things about a meat cleaver is weight, and a handle that allows you to balance that weight to let the blade do its job without effort. The sharpest can be adjusted in the kitchen. It looks like you did an excellent job, especially with the handle.
@@TheRussianWoodworker Yes evaporust leaves a almost black residue on parts. I'm sure you've seen it. But if you wire brush while rinsing then dry, hit the wire wheel parts seem to come cleaner. Try it and see if it works for you.
Awesome video, plus kudos for using a rust removing chemical first. Sometimes you watch similar restoration videos and they go straight to the grinder.
Really impressed with how you built the handle, it looked amazing...then you sprayed varnish on it 😔 For me, It was really in character with the steel until then. Glad you didn’t polish the steel.
From the videos I’ve seen of the drivers over in Russia I’d carry it in the car so if someone hit me I’d chop their arms off so they couldn’t drive anymore 😂
Ah that’s a good point! But that’s more for rigidity. Since I used such thin plys of wood and used the CA glue to glue it all together that handle is essentially just a big block of plastic now. If I was going to use the handles to support weight then yeah I’d glue it up with the grain in opposing directions. Thanks for watching!
You could have gotten a beautiful shine to that blade with little effort and no grinders. But your handle material choice was just wrong from the start. Nice blade though.
