Hand Forged

Handmade Cleavers

Heavy Duty Saw Tooth Cleavers

7.5 mm spine. 8 inch long, 4 inch wide blade blade. 6 inch full tang, moose antler scale handle. Copper work. Stainless steel threaded pins. — Heavy duty cleaver. Carbon steel from a 1.5 meter diameter saw blade.

Handforged cleaver with 2 handmade fillet knives — Handmade cleaver. Hand forged from lumber mill carbon steel.

Tough and strong cleavers hand forged from recovered high carbon lumber mill saw blade steel. This modern steel was designed as a high impact, tensile steel. The Saw Tooth Cleavers have 7mm thick blades with high bevels and high impact razor edges differentially tempered for a hard edge and a tough body.

We leave the teeth on the spine for tenderizing meat.

Lumber mill saw blades are a source of knife steel stock. High quality, high carbon steel. We have been working with these steels since 1997, exclusively since 2000. There are many different blades in a lumber mill, different carbon and alloy contents. Each lending to a different tool and knife. We produce handmade, high end woodworking and woodcarving tools, hunting, survival, bushcraft, kitchen knives ulus and farrier knives.

Unique Hand Forged Cleavers

Unique Handmade Kitchen Set

Cleaver and kitchen knife. Long 6 inch handles, moose antler scales lined with juniper wood. Forged carbon sawblade steel. The cleaver sits in a spruce burl block.

Handmade Meat Cleaver

¼ inch spine, 8 inch edge. Hand forged carbon steel sawblade.

Custom Chef Cleavers

We make the meat cleaver for heavy duty use. 1/4 spine, forged from high carbon lumber mill saw blade steel, the saw teeth on the spine makes for a great meat tenderizer.

7 1/2 inches of edge, 6 inch handle and your choice of antler or wood handle.

Custom Chef Cleaver laying on its juniper wood block

We harden with clay and glass protecting the spine and body. With subtle manipulations we create images in the patina of boreal forest wetlands were we live. The patinas help protect the carbon steel from rust.