Rare Double Cleaver [Black Blade With Kingwood Handle]

Anyone who likes old, rare things will love this restoration. I'm restoring an rare antique double cleaver! I have to work a lot on the lathe, grinding, drilling, thread cutting, working with chemicals and a lot more... I had to replace the old handle with a new one, this time made of kingwood. But I also worked with steel and brass. In the end, the antique cleaver will somehow look old and new! Stay tuned, and have fun watching!

▶ What did I do?! ◀

After dismantling the old, very rare hatchet, I placed the blade in a bath of rust remover. To prevent the blade from rusting, I treated it with iron(III)chloride. I made the new wooden handle out of kingwood and also made new caps out of brass. I made the entire handle on the lathe, so if you like working on the lathe, this is the project for you! Because I deliberately left the pitting, the double cleaver has a unique look, somehow new and old at the same time. With the knowledge that the wooden handle is made of “kingwood”, the unique cleaver immediately takes on a mystical character. I love it!

▶ Good to know ◀

I used the following tools: hammer, pin punch, box, rust remover, wire brush, belt sander, saw, center punch, cordless screwdriver, drill, tap, cutting oil spray, orbital sander, iron(III) chloride, steel wool, lathe, lathe chisel, center drill, boring bar, 1mm milling cutter, milling machine, sandpaper, tweezers, ruler, pencil, file, glue, isopropanol, cotton buds

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⭐Fred Chipps

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[jeffburnham]

I'm a traditionalist, so I'm glad that this wasn't titled as a restoration since many of the original parts were replaced with modified components.

[jeffreynerdin]

There was a reason why the original handle wasn’t round. An oval cross section in the handle allows the user to index it it their hand and know the direction of the blades without having to look at it. This blade is obviously to hang on a wall and will probably never see any practical use, but you should still understand a tool before “restoring” it. You also significantly weakened the handle by removing all that metal at the top, but again…wall hanging.

[jdean]

The screw not sitting flush would bother my OCD but the handle is beautiful and I love how you got the blade darkened. Greeat job.

[kari]

That turtle always lends support and makes me smile 🐢

[hummakavula]

Looks like the melee weapon in Quake lol

[byOldHand]

Gorgeous work 🥇 thank you for leaving the patina, time marks of the steel and also perfect color of wood 👏🏻👏🏻

[bykenmusic]

I realized again that the ancients were smarter than us.

[granthawtree]

Mr Turtle is always employee of the month

[pliniomaltamarangoni]

Cara, você fez milagre nessa peça. Demais!!!!

[lunarfarmer]

Блин, взять дюймовый пруток латуни и сделать винт М5... Я отстал от понимания всего этого. Твой "Потому что могу" родил этот коммент. Продолжай дальше.

[harrygatto]

Nice restoration but I think the screwhead looks a little brutal, maybe better to have been a dome shape?

[NOMER]

Я получил удовольствие наблюдая за работой профессионала😊

[Devlington]

Beautiful work. The original brass rings would have been heated and then shrunk onto the wood, causing interference fit. This could have been a stronger fastening than machining a solid billet and bonding the wood to the axe. Beautiful turning work though.

[John-wll]

Love it. Ultimate respect for skilled tradesman.

[LVROULETTE]

Over engineered with impractical ergonomics, but excellent metal working and technique. I enjoyed watching.

[juanpablodelamaza]

Love the video man ! Great work ! Dont listen to the nerds coments.

[EzScrumptious]

This is not restoration, this is ART.

[kapeel]

You got to respect both the modern and the older workmanship... Modern is beautiful, older is rustic... But older times they didn't have any power tools... It was all hand made... literally blood and sweat went into it.

[mundea]

this is what i needed to see today; lets get this restoration party started xD

[geraldstamour]

Cleaver be lookin' hella dope, Forgotten Shine Restoration!