Rasp Straight Cowboy Cleaver Knife with Resin Handle, 7 Inch Handmade Blade Stainless Steel Knife Pinecone resin handles resist moisture

Pinecone resin handles resist moisture better than plain natural wood

carving and wood processing

Two silver pins and a black lanyard pin secure the scales firmly

The MUK knife covers close detail work that the large blade is too bulky for

This custom pocket fixed skinner ships with a Highland cow leather pancake sheath

Rasp Straight Cowboy Cleaver Knife with Resin Handle, 7 Inch Handmade Blade Stainless Steel Knife Pinecone resin handles resist moistureThe Rasp Steel Straight Cowboy Cleaver continues an old ranch tradition of turning worn tools into working blades. Farriers used rasp tools daily to shape and trim horse hooves, and once a rasp wore down, skilled smiths reforged it into a knife rather than discarding it. This same forging tradition shapes every Western Cleaver Knife we build today. Religious engravings on ranch blades reflect a tradition of personalizing working tools with meaning