I'm talking about CCK, Ho Ching Kee Lee, Shibazi, and cleavers of that type with high carbon blades with mono steel construction. They are generally considered to have about R58 or so. This is all about the cutting edge, I don't care about the spine. I've got a few Ho Ching Kee Lee I got off the bay and a Shibazi I bought off Ali Ex a couple of years ago. They all have various amounts of wave in the blade. One of my vintage HCKL cleavers has a weird bend right at the front of the cutting edge. It's enough to interfere with sharpening and is the one I am most interesting in "fixing up".
I'm trying to find out if they can be further worked with a bit of bending or tapping with wood, rubber mallet, etc; or if the heat tempering just makes the metal too hard/brittle. Thanks for any info.
I'm trying to find out if they can be further worked with a bit of bending or tapping with wood, rubber mallet, etc; or if the heat tempering just makes the metal too hard/brittle. Thanks for any info.
