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Object Name |
Cleaver |
Caption |
Butcher's meat cleaver |
Description |
Large "Village Blacksmith" butcher's meat cleaver No.8. Solid steel forged blade; wooden handle. Made by Washington Cutlery Company, Watertown, Wisconsin. c.1920s-1930s. The Washington Cutlery Company was incorporated in 1906 and manufactured the "Village Blacksmith" brand of butcher knives, cleavers, tools, corn knives, sickles, cold chisels, screw drivers, punches, etc., and sold their products principally in the United States. By 1921 the production reached some 700,000 pieces annually. Prior to the 1940s the Village Blacksmith name was incised or stamped directly into the blades of cleavers as on this piece. Afterwards it was stamped on the handles. The firm went out of business in the 1960s. Jobbers take care of the major portion of the distribution under the trademark: "The Village Blacksmith Folks." |
Catalog Number |
1988-1701-001 |
Search Terms |
Meat cleavers Butchering Knives |
Subjects |
Knives Cleavers Meat cutting Butchering |