Zoomorphic Dog Cleavers
Dog shaped cleaver from Viechtach, Germany, modern construction styled after the 1910's. The cleaver features a full tang and has a cattle bone handle. The blade is forged from 440C steel. Gamsjaga knife "only real cleaver with the Drudengatterl on the cutting surface." Weighs 1 pound, 0.45
ounces. 10.5 inches long, 5.5
inches at the blade.
Dog shaped cleaver from Viechtach, Germany, modern construction styled after the 1910's. The cleaver features a full tang and has a fruitwood handle. The blade is forged from 440C steel. Gamsjaga knife "only real cleaver with the Drudengatterl on the cutting surface." Weighs 1 pound, 0.45
ounces. 10.5 inches long, 5.5
inches at the blade.
Dog shaped cleaver is one of the more unusual designs of this kind. Made in the Ukraine
in the 1930's. The handle of the cleaver has a key fitting design through a long handle and is lighter than most cleavers of
this size. Weighs 1 pound, 1.8
ounces. 12.5 inches long,
5 inches at the blade.
Dog shaped cleaver blank
handcrafted by Vojko Savor.
Made in Slovenia, has a very
heavy construction recently
forged. The cleaver features a
full tang and has holes to put in pins for a wood handle.
Weighs 2 pounds, 3.35 ounces.
13.5 inches long, 6.5 inches
at the blade. Handle is by
knifesmith Kevin Greenlee of
Gig Harbor, Washington.
Dog shaped, butcher's meat cleaver. The cleaver is fitted with a dark wood handle with brass pins. The hand-made, shiny steel cleaver has portrays a walking horse. The cleaver
comes from the former Soviet Union and was made in the early 1900's. Weighs 1 pound
6 ounces. 10 inches long,
5 inches at the blade.
Germany.
This very heavy dog headed handled cleaver originally bought from Toulouse, France, this mid 19th century cleaver
is made of wrought iron.
Very nice piece of blacksmith
folk art, half-abstract animal,
has punched a makers mark hammered in by the maker. Weighs 3 pounds, 15.5 ounces. 13 Inches long, 5 inches
at the blade.
France.
Ukraine.
Russia.
