Hyde Cleaver Pass Around

[M1k3]

 

[Jville]

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How’s it handling? I’m guessing it’s an upgrade from the Wokshop cleaver you were using during arm?

 

[M1k3]

How’s it handling? I’m guessing it’s an upgrade from the Wokshop cleaver you were using during arm?

Good. This Hyde cleaver is definitely much bigger than the Wokshop or Chopper King. Cuts much better than the Wokshop, a little better than the Chopper King.

I'm fine with it, but, I think it's a little bigger than what I'd like though.

 

[M1k3]

Apologies for the delay on sending this out. I had some personal issues to deal with. I'll be sending it out to @tostadas tomorrow.

Again, sorry for the delay to everyone.

 

[tostadas]

Fun knife. MONSTER proportions. It literally is up to my chest height when I'm using it. But everything about it screams CCK. The ultra thin lightweight flex-y steel, the concave grind, the splotchy yet smooth forge finish, and even the little handle. The cutting also feels just like my CCK in that the edge is not ultra-fine, but the overall body of the blade is really thin, so it falls thru everything without feeling like the edge is in danger of getting damaged. I have never had a knife with quite so much surface area. Moving around stuff from board to pot with this thing is literally like having a snow shovel at my disposal.

I've tried thru many different makers to find a CCK with more premium materials, and this is probably the closest I've seen. Really nice blade, thanks so much to @BillHanna for the chance to test drive it!

 

[deltaplex]

Fun knife. MONSTER proportions. It literally is up to my chest height when I'm using it. But everything about it screams CCK. The ultra thin lightweight flex-y steel, the concave grind, the splotchy yet smooth forge finish, and even the little handle. The cutting also feels just like my CCK in that the edge is not ultra-fine, but the overall body of the blade is really thin, so it falls thru everything without feeling like the edge is in danger of getting damaged. I have never had a knife with quite so much surface area. Moving around stuff from board to pot with this thing is literally like having a snow shovel at my disposal.

I've tried thru many different makers to find a CCK with more premium materials, and this is probably the closest I've seen. Really nice blade, thanks so much to @BillHanna for the chance to test drive it!

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How tall are your counters? I know the ones we currently have are low, but I don't know if I've had a board as high as what I'm imagining your setup to be.

 

[tostadas]

How tall are your counters? I know the ones we currently have are low, but I don't know if I've had a board as high as what I'm imagining your setup to be.

Standard 3ft counters, and my board is about 1inch. Bill's cleaver is 120mm. So you can imagine like a tall gyuto on top of another tall gyuto.

 

[deltaplex]

Standard 3ft counters, and my board is about 1inch. Bill's cleaver is 120mm. So you can imagine like a tall gyuto on top of another tall gyuto.

I'll have to measure mine when I get home.

 

[BillHanna]

So you can imagine like a cleaver twice as powerful as your gyuto.

 

[timebard]

Just got the Hyde today. I noticed a minor dent in the edge that I'll try to take care of. Otherwise @tostadas summed it up pretty well, feels like a big fancy CCK!

 

[mise_en_place]

whats the weight on this thing

 

[BillHanna]

I never weighed it, that I can recall.


Edit.

351g with the balance at 95mm.

I found the post.

 

[NotAddictedYet]

The grind on the "left over" cleaver from ECG looks insaaane (4th pic)

 

[Gshep91]

The grind on the "left over" cleaver from ECG looks insaaane (4th pic)

Took some self control to not buy it when I saw it this morning

 

[tostadas]

whats the weight on this thing

I never weighed it, that I can recall.


Edit.

351g with the balance at 95mm.

I found the post.

Here's the specs that I measured:

Dimensions: 240x120mm, 352g
Tip rise from flat: 5mm
Balance: 80mm forward from choil
Spine thickness: 1.6/1.6/1.7/1.6mm (at handle, heel, mid, 1cm from tip)
Edge thickness at midpoint: 0.2/0.4/0.4/0.7mm (at 1mm/5mm/10mm/20mm behind edge)
Grind: concave to 35mm high shinogi both sides
Handle: 19.5x25mm to 20.5x27mm, oval, 107mm length

 

[BillHanna]

look at this professional, right here

 

[mise_en_place]

Thanks for the info. Looks like a really cool knife. I like veg cleavers to be in about that weight range.

 

[A.Malcolm.ations]

Just picked it up and I can tell we are gonna have fun. I’ve been wanting a rectangle again so this is really helping me out. Getting a cck 1303 tomorrow as well so it’ll be fun to compare since I’ve heard this Hyde is similar.

 

[deltaplex]

Where's this at now?

 

[Jville]

I have it. @BillHanna send me your addy. It looks like I’m supposed to send it to you.

 

[deltaplex]

Lucky me! Wonderful group of people on KKF and specifically some of the interesting corners of it. I'm working on not getting washed out with life for weeks, so hopefully I've got things adjusted enough to hop in and out of the interesting stuff.

 

[BillHanna]

FedEx has done the right thing! Nowwwww all we need in this thread is the thoughts of @Jville

 

[tylerleach]

Wish I had seen this earlier. I held the ones at ECG... This guy looks quite a bit bigger... my kinda rectangle.

 

[BillHanna]

It’s currently with Hyde for refurbishing.

 

[boomchakabowwow]

rectangle? that is almost a square! beauty!

 

[BillHanna]

Freshly refurbished by the homie Henry Hyde.