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This old slicer blade measures in at a full 20 inches!
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It's an old Henckels. Probably from pre-1934.
Here's an image from a Henx catalog that came with a note dated Nov. '33.
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I suspect the above knife is missing the pewter bolster that was once in place between the handle and the heel.
 
Surprised that sold for that much considering its only a 12" cleaver that someone put a longer handle on. I have a 14" bladed hog splitter.
 
Surprised that sold for that much
Me too. Not to mention it had only half a handle.
It was advertised as "1890s Foster Brothers Hog Splitter. Made for the St Louis Butcher Supply Co." I've heard of Foster Bros but don't know much about them. Did a quick ebay search and found a few of their cleavers are collectible/sell for triple digits.
 
I'm also impressed by those cinder block sized Natsuya (?) behind the gentleman with the magurokiri.
 
Lookit this monster! A Wusthof 44cm/17in chefs profile.
Wusthof monster.jpg

Ebay seller says: "Vintage Wusthof Mod #4586 17" Shakey's Pizza 1986 Stainless Steel Jacmar Heavy/Wide, Ultra Rare. In 1986, Wusthof made 800 of these 17" knives for Shakey's Pizza restaurant chain. These were sold through the J S Jacmar Import Co and were to be used for cutting their pizzas. As you can Imagine, many of these Leviathans did not survive being handled by teenagers, not to mention the cardinal sin of use of the dishwasher at day's end. After the Shakey's Business decided go over to even bigger rounded faster pizza cutters, the Wusthof knives were phased out. How many of these are left in the world is speculative."

Shakey's Pizza wiki link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakey's_Pizza

Amazing to think one guy, or group of owners, would initiate a custom build from a major manufacturer on a scale like this. No idea what this would have cost them back in 1985ish.

What an absolute massive knife. Also, the scales, alleged to be of "rosewood", are interesting, as is the method of securing said scales with four not-quite-aligned peened pins and a larger peened pin over a washer.

BTW, BIN at $1900 + $30 S&H.
 
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