Found this old chopper/ bill hook. Its not in too bad of a condition, a little rust, no handle and in bad need of a sharpening. A friend liked it so i decided to clean it up and rehandle it.
Started by turning a handle out of beech, friction burnt some decorative rings on to the handle.
Put a silver steel ferrule
here is the handle beside the chopper. I used a wire brush attachment on an angle grinder to clean the blade down. I can easily read the makers stamp which is "Brades co 195" and "14in"
This is as far as I have got so far, so I will post up a completed view soon.
![dscf0673q.jpg](http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/889/dscf0673q.jpg)
Started by turning a handle out of beech, friction burnt some decorative rings on to the handle.
![dscf0674tx.jpg](http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/5976/dscf0674tx.jpg)
Put a silver steel ferrule
![dscf0678hn.jpg](http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/1921/dscf0678hn.jpg)
here is the handle beside the chopper. I used a wire brush attachment on an angle grinder to clean the blade down. I can easily read the makers stamp which is "Brades co 195" and "14in"
![dscf0679y.jpg](http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/539/dscf0679y.jpg)
This is as far as I have got so far, so I will post up a completed view soon.