when he smacked down on the ribs to cut the rack... and bam!!! A big 'ol chip on the blade 
He hit it a few more times and could not believe it SABATIER Rowoco INOX Cleaver 6 inch Blade Made in France::facepalm:: . He threw the cleaver in the trash. I retrieved it 
... I had to post the picture of next to my SABATIER Rowoco #51 Cleaver Made in France. 
......... Not that expensive, but a LOT BETTER QUALITY!!! 
Interesting! What year do think it was made?stumpstalker wrote: ↑Sat May 07, 2022 2:55 am Looking online for something else I found this nice piece of ephemera. It a retailer's Foster Bros. label in green ink, securing wrapping paper around presumably a Foster Bros. cleaver.
Arrow trademarks must have been popular. Offhand I can think of John Russell Co. that sometimes used it, and Parker Brothers, the Meridan, CT gunmaker, as stamped on barrel ribs.
Those look like pretty interesting restoration projects
Good luck
Great project knives! 
Just a little cleaning and touch-up 
Almost 2 years and no new post!!! 
.... Nooooooooooo!!!! I found this the other day and have been working on restoring it. Cleaning with the wire wheel/grinder and a vinegar bath to start things off.
It's a Case 674 stainless but I really don't ever use it. My late Father in law was a butcher and he remarked that he was glad to see the power saws become available for splitting beef and pork carcasses. He said he didn't remember what became of the one he had. It was large and heavy, took 2 hands to operate he said. 
Interesting post T.F. and a good-looking handmade cleaver you put togethertreefarmer wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2024 5:13 am Always amazed at what I have missed on the forum!
I made one many years ago out of an old crosscut saw blade, it comes in handy regularly in the kitchen mostly cutting vegetables...
I miss a lot on the forum as well ... One needs 12 hours a day at least to keep up with everything .... 
10-4, Scott. We've got one but we don't use it for some reason.
ohhh ... very nice indeed! 