Looking for a Meat Cleaver

[General Zod]

Nerve-wracking. And of course having to do my epoxy shopping trip cost me a couple of hours, so I won't be finishing the handle tonight. That'll be tomorrow morning.

 

[General Zod]

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G'wan, get outta here with that factory-made New Jersey thing...

 

[Sasquatch]

A little cleanup of the work bench before cutting the handle scales...this is all steel shavings and powdered brass from the grinder. The brass is as fine as talcum powder.

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Gotta be great for the lungs...

 

[General Zod]

Gotta be great for the lungs...

If I wind up with lung cancer, I'll know why...

Luckily it doesn't seem like much goes airborne when I grind metal. The wood, however...I wear a mask for that. I should probably wear a mask for all of it, but I don't have a decent mask - just the cheap disposable N95 ones with vents. A respirator is on my "Bonechopper money" shopping list.

 

[Sasquatch]

If I wind up with lung cancer, I'll know why...

Luckily it doesn't seem like much goes airborne when I grind metal. The wood, however...I wear a mask for that. I should probably wear a mask for all of it, but I don't have a decent mask - just the cheap disposable N95 ones with vents. A respirator is on my "Bonechopper money" shopping list.

Good thing to have on the list for sure. I learned real quick building a boat that a respirator is more than a suggestion, and I did all the work outside in my back yard. Wood dust, epoxy fumes, paint fumes, thinner fumes. Good times!

 

[General Zod]

Good thing to have on the list for sure. I learned real quick building a boat that a respirator is more than a suggestion, and I did all the work outside in my back yard. Wood dust, epoxy fumes, paint fumes, thinner fumes. Good times!

Yeah, the wood dust leaves a visible cloud in the air. The others don't seem to get ground that tiny...though the brass comes close.

 

[General Zod]

 

[striker55]

Wow nice job!

 

[Byrd666]

MOST EFFIING EXCELLENT!

LOOKS AWESOME

 

[MountainGirl]

BRAVO !!!

Your pic would make
a cool avatar!

 

[paknheat]

That’s a mighty fine looking chopper you made there.

Big congratulations to you sir.


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[no2gates]

BRAVO !!!

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Your pic would make
a cool avatar!

Absolutely !!! You've got to do that GZ

 

[1911'S 4 Me]

Just in time for @Hoji to chop some deer meat.

 

[Hoji]

Wow!

 

[no2gates]

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That looks AWESOME !

 

[General Zod]

Special thanks go out to my neighbor Carl, who had a good opening weekend for deer season and gave me the doe's forelegs to test the Bonechopper on. He was also nice enough to present me with a fore quarter of the deer, so there will be some good eating here in a night or two.

 

[Hoji]

Special thanks go out to my neighbor Carl, who had a good opening weekend for deer season and gave me the doe's forelegs to test the Bonechopper on. He was also nice enough to present me with a fore quarter of the deer, so there will be some good eating here in a night or two.

I thought “deer season” was any day that ended with a “y” in East Texas.

 

[General Zod]

BTW, final dimensions of this beast: 11" long overall, with a 6 1/2" long by 4" wide blade. Weighs...a bunch. I can't find a scale to weigh it on at the moment. Balance point is directly in front of the handguard.

 

[Riksors]

Damn. That’s nice.

Makes me think of those butchers during the crusades.

Well done.

 

[glenbo]

It's a beautiful piece of work, and the best thing about it is that it doesn't look like it came from a factory. It shows that someone who values their skills put them to work and did a darned fine job.