scott.livesey
Dealer - Purveyor
hi,
got me a chopper for ebay. foster brothers 2190 cleaver, 15" oal, 8 1/2" blade. blade is 1/4" at thickest, 2 1/2" wide at handle, 3 1/4" at tip. weighs about 3lbs. foster bros was a cutlery factory in New York that closed in 1958. i think my cleaver is one of 300,000+ cleavers that foster made for the military in WW2. not sure of the steel, this site about factory says the number is the steel [www.sotherden.net]. 2190 is an obsolete steel that would be 0.90%carbon and 1.5%nickel which is similar to 15N20. knife is used, a lot of corrosion, was batoned a bunch, edge has several chips. trying to clean it up gently, using 4x1 norton india stone with 36SiC grit and Rapid-Tap oil. will post photos when i can get camera to work.
if anyone knows about these blades, all info welcome.
got me a chopper for ebay. foster brothers 2190 cleaver, 15" oal, 8 1/2" blade. blade is 1/4" at thickest, 2 1/2" wide at handle, 3 1/4" at tip. weighs about 3lbs. foster bros was a cutlery factory in New York that closed in 1958. i think my cleaver is one of 300,000+ cleavers that foster made for the military in WW2. not sure of the steel, this site about factory says the number is the steel [www.sotherden.net]. 2190 is an obsolete steel that would be 0.90%carbon and 1.5%nickel which is similar to 15N20. knife is used, a lot of corrosion, was batoned a bunch, edge has several chips. trying to clean it up gently, using 4x1 norton india stone with 36SiC grit and Rapid-Tap oil. will post photos when i can get camera to work.
if anyone knows about these blades, all info welcome.