Antique Cleaver. It could chop down a tree; maybe I will..

[PsYCHoT|K]

Anybody have any information on this massive cleaver? I'm restoring it, no doubt, but I was unable to find much information on it on the interwebs so I am reaching out to the knowledgeable axe people! Sure, it's not an axe, but it could certainly function as one. Forgive the goofy photo of me posing with it, it is to give perspective to the size. Thanks again, guys!

The photos don't show the stamp, but the stamp reads as follows:

ORR & LOCKETT
HDW CO.
CHICAGO
EXTRA
13

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[A17]

Try it!

 

[Barman1]

That's a carcass splitter.

 

[PsYCHoT|K]

Try it!

Lol, I most certainly will as soon as I get it restored and convexed!

 

[PsYCHoT|K]

That's a carcass splitter.

Literally AND metaphorically, right? =]

 

[The Zieg]

It's a style known as carcase splitter for breaking open hanging ribcages and pelvises.

Oops, that's been said.

Zieg

 

[PsYCHoT|K]

Nice. Thanks for the confirmation, The Zieg !

 

[Square_peg]

Hog splitter or beef splitter are also common names for it.

 

[Steve Tall]

Dates back to somewhere between 1872-1916 (inclusive) according to this source.

 

[PsYCHoT|K]

Hey, thanks S Steve Tall ! Great resource!

 

[Steve Tall]

It looks most like a beef cleaver/ splitter (instead of pork or lamb), based on the terminology in this catalog from 1905:

Maybe it was made by Plumb, since the shape and handle curve seems to match the one pictured in this 1904 ad"

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

Looks like a classic beef splitter. Hog splitters are lighter in build, and generally narrower.

 

[Drum4fun]

the stuff young boy nightmares are made of.... I can testify.

Charles

 

[The Zieg]

If you Google "carcase splitter" you get the new saws; then you'll find references to robotic carcase splitting. We've come a long way!

Zieg