Vintage Cleavers and Butcher Knives

This just in: a selection of old knives:

Machete and Vintage Cleavers, Butcher Knives

The machete was bought as a souvenir in Mexico, it has a leather handle, aluminum bolster, and the blade has words and designs engraved or stamped decorations. The blade is bent (someone tried to break it to throw it away) and some rust covers some of the words on the blade. I will work on it an see if I can get it into good condition.

Vintage Harris & Sons Meat Cleaver

Next up is a cleaver. My best guess is that it dates from the 1930s. It is stamped — right in the center of the blade — Harris & Sons. It is large, heavy and in very good condition!

Vintage L & I J. White Cleaver

This next picture shows another cleaver (from the same owner) — this is marked L&I J. White 1837 Buffalo. N. Y. This cleaver is also in good condition, really just some surface rust and a split in the wood handle.

Pictured with the White cleaver are two knives — both what I would call butcher knives. The smaller one has something printed on the blade, hard to read. The larger knife shows evidence of serrations down near the handle. 

Anyway — some interesting old knives. I don't know my plans with them. Perhaps I will clean them up a bit and put them on eBay...