Infantry cleaver, Prussia, circa 1800.

cleaver length 750 mm, blade length 590 mm, blade width at base 32.5 mm, back thickness at base 6 mm, cleaver weight 785 g

Hand closed, brass frame. Tailpiece with a sigmoidal, disc-shaped blade. Shaft fixed with a pin under the oval head. Spindle-shaped handle with diagonal notches. A curved thumb bar is attached to the inner shield and hilt for a more secure grip. Steel blade, with moderate curvature. Profiled on both sides in a narrow dorsal groove, reaching the double-edged feather. Stich in line with the ridge. Corrosion along the entire length neutralized.
state of preservation: 4/3-
provenance: gallery Fischer, Switzerland