Hello KKF,
i got me a cheap cleaver and started to play around a bit.
My plan was and is to thin it, improve rounding and maybe rehandle later.
Measurements:
Hight 9.5 cm heel 10 cm mid 8.5 cm tip
Lenght: 31 cm Blade: 21 cm
Weight: 372g at start now 351g
Picture 1-4 is after i bought it 5-8 is after my work.
Work was done on a stone. For somer reason i did not warm up to sandpaper.
I noticed my stone was performing very differently throughout the sessions. I have no clue why. Did not correlate with flattening using SIC. Any ideas?
First i removed the forged skin as it was kind of gummy and smelly. After that i started to flatten the flanks.
There are still 2 big low spots on both sides which take ages to remove so far.
My questions is do i keep shaving the flanks down or do i start at the bevel now ?
The pictures are not as good as i wished if more information is needed pls ask.
Thanks all!
Cheers
Edit as i have no caliper i took a shot with a 5 cent coin ( ~1.67 mm thick ) in picture 9
i got me a cheap cleaver and started to play around a bit.
My plan was and is to thin it, improve rounding and maybe rehandle later.
Measurements:
Hight 9.5 cm heel 10 cm mid 8.5 cm tip
Lenght: 31 cm Blade: 21 cm
Weight: 372g at start now 351g
Picture 1-4 is after i bought it 5-8 is after my work.
Work was done on a stone. For somer reason i did not warm up to sandpaper.
I noticed my stone was performing very differently throughout the sessions. I have no clue why. Did not correlate with flattening using SIC. Any ideas?
First i removed the forged skin as it was kind of gummy and smelly. After that i started to flatten the flanks.
There are still 2 big low spots on both sides which take ages to remove so far.
My questions is do i keep shaving the flanks down or do i start at the bevel now ?
The pictures are not as good as i wished if more information is needed pls ask.
Thanks all!
Cheers
Edit as i have no caliper i took a shot with a 5 cent coin ( ~1.67 mm thick ) in picture 9
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