Henckels #12 cleaver restoration

[Ericfg]

A vintage cleaver's been on my bucket list for a few months now. This one popped up a couple weeks ago and I finally finished the restoration (basically just re-handling.)
Some before, during and after shots.

The new scales are some scrap Maple I have.

 

[Ericfg]

PS. This one dates pre-1950s. Possibly pre-WW2.

 

[Genghis_F]

Nice job!
Cleavers are so cool, tho don’t use them very often
I got a foster bro and a Briddell I need to work on
They pretty rusted out, so gonna do a full restore

 

[Ericfg]

Thanks!
>Cleavers are so cool, tho don’t use them very often
Yep. This is strictly a wall hanger unless there's a zombie apocalipse .

> I got a foster bro and a Briddell I need to work on. They pretty rusted out, so gonna do a full restore

Two good names. No rust on mine, other than under the scales; got lucky on that. The hard part was replacing the scales. The harder parts was the pins; the steel near the tang was a lot harder to drill through.

 

[Bagotnj]

Very clean restoration!