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Horse Cleavers

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Horse shaped cleaver from the former Soviet Union, made in the late 1800's, shows heavy use and the blade is broken

to a hard striking blow. The cleaver features a bakelite

handle, probably a replaced.

Weighs 2 pounds, 0.6 ounces.

10.5 inches long, 6 inches

at the blade.

Clydesdale Horse shaped cleaver from Communist USSR. Features a Bakelite plastic handle. Huge blade and horsedepicted as walking. Weighs

1 pound, 8.5 ounces. 9.5

inches long, 5.75 inches

at the blade.

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Horse shaped cleaver from 

Germany, made in the 1890's. The cleaver features a full tang and has manufacture

marks pounded into the blade, has a short handle with hole in the front part. Weighs 1 pound, 8.6 ounces. 13 inches long, 6 inches at the blade.

Horse shaped, large, heavy butcher's meat cleaver. The cleaver is fitted with a flowing

wooden handle. The horse has a brass eye. The hand-made stainless steel cleaver comes from France. Weighs 1 pound 10.85 ounces. 13 inches long,

6 inches at the blade.

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Horse shaped cleaver from 

Hungary, made in the 1900's. The cleaver features a full tang and long walnut handle.

Weighs 12.8 ounces. 11.5 inches long, 5 inches

at the blade.

Horse shaped, heavy cleaver from England. Features a

string wrapped handle, very

primitive. Weighs 1 pound, 14 ounces. 11.5 inches long,

5 inches at the blade.

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Horse shaped cleaver from

the former Soviet Union, made in the 1900's is very

rare. The cleaver features a half tang and has a rustic wooden handle that is 10 inches long itself. Weighs 1 pound, 2 ounces. 16 inches long, 6.5 inches at the blade.

Horse shaped cleaver from

the Ukraine. Features a bakelite handle, portraying a split tail,

brass pins over a full tang and

strongly reinforced. Has nice

detail work on the horse's

mane. Weighs 1 pound, 4.8

ounces. 11 inches long,

7 inches at blade.

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handcrafted by Vojko Savor.

Made in Slovenia, has a very

heavy construction recently

forged. The cleaver features a

full tang. Weighs 2 pounds, 6.

ounces. 13 inches long, 6

inches at the blade. New handle by knifesmith Kevin Greenlee of Gig Harbor, Washington.

Horse shaped cleaver is made in the USSR in the

1890's, and is made of very

old pitted carbon steel. The

handle of the cleaver has a

full tang and is encased on

both sides with dark weathered wood, secured by iron pins. Weighs 1 pound, 7.4 ounces. 12.5 inches long,

6 inches at the blade.

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Horse shaped cleaver from

the Ukraine. The handle of the cleaver has a full tang an

is encased on both sides with

dark colored wood has brass highlights on the tipped

pommel, and is secured by

brass pins. Weighs 1 pound,

3 ounces. 10.5 inches long,

5.5 inches at the blade.

Horse shaped cleaver is made in the USSR in the 1920's, and

is made of carbon steel. The

handle of the cleaver has a

full tang and is 6 inches long.

The handle is encased on boh sides with dark colored wood,

secured by brass pins. Weighs

1, pound 7.4 ounces. 12.5

inches long, 6 inches

at the blade.

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Horse shaped Art Deco

cleaver from the 1970's made

in the USSR. The handle of thecleaver has a full tang and is

encased on both sides with

layers of  light and dark

colored plastic, secured by

steel pins. Weighs 1 pound,

4.4 ounces. 12 inches long,

5.5 inches at the blade.

Horse shaped, large, butcher's meat cleaver. The cleaver is fitted with a round

wooden handle with brass at both ends of the shaft. The hand-made stainless steel cleavers has  unique engraved eyes and mane details, it comes from France. Weighs 1 pound 6.5 ounces. 14 inches long, 4 inches at the blade.

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Ukraine.

Horse shaped cleaver from Czechoslovakia, made in the

1930's is very small for many cleavers with this many details. The cleaver features a full

tang and has a rustic wooden handle held together with

copper pins and diamond

accents. Weighs 1 pound, 0.2

ounces. 10.5 inches long, 4.5

inches at the blade.

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Vintage horse shaped cleaver is one of the nicer cleavers I have seen of this kind. Made

in Germany in the 1920's. The

handle of the cleaver has huge

brass accents with flat head brass screws holding it

together. The metal is not

pitted and pristine. Weighs 1 pound, 6.1ounces. 11 inches

long, 6 inches at the blade.

Horse shaped, large, butcher's meat cleaver.

The cleaver is fitted with

a wooden handle with

full tang. The hand-made

cleaver has been hand forged

with makers marks on the

blade, it comes from France.

Weighs 1 pound 12.9 ounces.10 inches long, 6.5 inches at the blade.

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Horse shaped, large, butcher's meat cleaver. The cleaver is

fitted with a wooden handle with full tang. The hand-made French cleaver has been hand forged, it comes from France. Weighs 11.55 ounces. 11.5 inches long, 5.5 inches

at the blade.

Vintage Soviet meat cleaver made in 1963, in the form of a prancing horse. The handle is bakelite with three pins over a full tang. The horse has many details in its mane and face. Marked MAPTA 8, 1963, on the body of the horse A great cleaver with a comfortable grip. Weighs 1 pound, 2.55 ounces. 10.5 inches long,

6 inches at the blade.

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Horse shaped, butcher's meat cleaver. The cleaver is

fitted with a wooden handle with full tang and steel pins.

The hand-made cleaver has been forged with details

etched on the blade, it comes from France. Weighs 11.55 ounces. 11.5 inches long,

5.5 inches at the blade.

Vintage Horse meat cleaver from Göd, Hungary. The long wooden handle has two brass pins over a full tang. The steel Horse cleaver has a very long comfortable grip. Weighs 1 pound, 7.9 ounces. 12 inches long, 6 inches at the blade.

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Vintage from the 1970’s era horse meat cleaver is from

the USSR, the former Soviet Union. A vintage cleaver is handmade. These were not sold in stores. Inside of the handle are plastic, and the metal parts are made of steel. Weighs 1 pound, 9.5 ounces. 11.75 inches long, 4 inches at the blade.

Vintage from the 1950’s era horse meat cleaver is from

the USSR, the former Soviet Union.The handmade cleaver

has a meat tenderizer

hammer head attached to

the top. These were not sold in stores. The sturdy handle is wooden with three brass pins over a full tang. The metal parts are made of stainless steel. Weighs 1 pound, 9.75 ounces. 10 inches long, 7 inches at the blade.

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A custom hand forged Draft Horse figural meat cleaver. Rare and hefty, this early handmade cleaver with a plastic handle has a full tang and has there pins holding it together. Comes from the Ukraine but originated in the Soviet Union. Weighs 2 pounds, 2 ounces. 12 inches long, 6 inches

at the blade.

Ukraine.

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Germany.

Ukraine.

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Orlando, Florida.

Ukraine.

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Paris, France.

London, England.

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Ukraine.

Ukraine.

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Ukraine.

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Horse shaped cleaver is made

in France in the early 1900’s

and is made of very old pitted carbon steel and has a funny whimsical face. The long wood handle of the cleaver

has a full tang and is encased on both sides with dark weathered wood, secured by copper pins and has a copper pommel. Weighs 1 pound,

1.25 ounces. 11 inches long, 6 inches at the blade.

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Bulgaria.

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This horse is the "White Unicorn" of all Zoomorphic Cleavers. I saw this for sale several times at auctions, then it disappeared for over a year, then re-surfaced on an antique website, and after pursuing

this for several years I finally acquired this one of a kind, never seen before cleaver/knife combination from an artisan in England. The 100 plus, year

old cleaver is a one of a kind product of the unique imagination of the craftsman. This is the only one like it I have ever seen in my years of collecting Zoomorphic cleavers. This was made by an artisan blacksmith in England in the Cornwall region.

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