Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

I am sure that many of you have found antique knives, forks, dishes, etc. in your life. So I, sorting through the rubble in an old barn, found a kitchen cleaver, or rather its blade, since the handle had long rotted. It was in a terrible and almost unusable condition. Anyone else in my place would simply throw it in the trash and that's it. But I decided to give it a second life.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

As you can see, the entire blade of the cleaver is so badly rusted that the shells in unfinished areas are almost 2 mm deep. And it is generally not known how thick the knife was originally.

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We clamp the knife with a clamp on a piece of wood to the table.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

And we begin to process the angle grinder. Sand one side first.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

Next we finish it on a belt sander.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

To ensure that the blade is without jagged edges, we grind down the cutting edge.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

After prolonged rough processing, the cleaver looks like this.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

Next, grind with a wheel with the finest grit.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

We process the hole using a drill, drilling out all the rust.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

The cleaver is ready for polishing.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

Apply polishing paste.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

And polish it with a soft wheel until it shines.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

Shines like new.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

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Now you need to make a handle for the knife. To do this, take a dense tree and draw the outline of the future handle on it with a pencil.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

Let's cut along the contour.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

Let's cut it in half.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

Use a chisel to make a groove for the handle of the blade.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

We dilute the epoxy resin. Coat the groove generously and place the blade handle into the recess.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

We glue the second half of the wooden handle on top and clamp it with a clamp.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

After the epoxy resin has dried and hardened, we clamp the cleaver in a vice through a piece of wood so as not to leave marks on the blade.
We process the handle, giving it the desired shape.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

Finally, sand until smooth.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

Then we saturate the wood with drying oil.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

The last stage is sharpening the cutting edge to a razor sharpness. This is all done on a stone with minimal crumbs, moistened with water.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

Refurbished cleaver


Cuts paper like a razor. Exactly what is needed!
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

The cleaver has been restored.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

As you can see, untreated shells are clearly visible on the shiny canvas - traces of corrosion. To remove them you need to grind down the knife significantly. I did not do this and removed the optimal layer from the blade. I don't think this will affect the cutting quality.
Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

The cleaver turned out to have very good steel - it does not get dull for quite a long time.
I generally like antiques. Bye everyone!

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Comments (3)
  1. Guest Alex
    #1 Guest Alex Guests June 27, 2018 02:49
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    Well done...
  2. Guest Vadim
    #2 Guest Vadim Guests 13 March 2019 14:51
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    The remaining rust could be removed with acid.
  3. Eugene
    #3 Eugene Guests 18 March 2019 20:40
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    This is something Scythian.