Been a while since we had a Cleaver chat.

[Alpine.knifeworks]

Well I'm new to the cleaver game, recently picked up a Matsubara 210 and am in love, i need more. What are your nerd's favorite squares you've owned?

 

[BillHanna]

Lars Kallgren

 

[Alpine.knifeworks]

Lars Kallgren

Hell yeah I knew you had one up your sleeve. Why Lars? Love the look of his work, have never held one

 

[BillHanna]

I had a smaller one of his, and it won my personal shootout as far as a slicer goes. I plan on getting another one next year. This year is booked(or rather it better be).

 

[blokey]

Another approach to the dish I posted above, this is also a professional chef, but he uses 2 different cleavers for bone in chicken and vegetables. So not every Chinese chef use just one knife.

 

[blokey]

Well I'm new to the cleaver game, recently picked up a Matsubara 210 and am in love, i need more. What are your nerd's favorite squares you've owned?

kind like gyuto/ chef knives, I find there are so many variations of them it’s hard to say favorite. Tho I do like CCK 1302, Sakai Kikumori gokujyo cleaver.

 

[blokey]

Another approach to the dish I posted above, this is also a professional chef, but he uses 2 different cleavers for bone in chicken and vegetables. So not every Chinese chef use just one knife.

You might notice he uses a stainless wok, thats pretty uncommon

 

[Alpine.knifeworks]

kind like gyuto/ chef knives, I find there are so many variations of them it’s hard to say favorite. Tho I do like CCK 1302, Sakai Kikumori gokujyo cleaver.

That Sakai Kikumori is niceeee looking

 

[blokey]

That Sakai Kikumori is niceeee looking

I think it is one of the underrated Japanese cleavers due to the white#2 and simple handle, great grind and balance.

 

[tostadas]

Well I'm new to the cleaver game, recently picked up a Matsubara 210 and am in love, i need more. What are your nerd's favorite squares you've owned?

Someone asked a similar question previously deep in this thread. Here was my response at the time.

Post your rectangles

Welcome Josh. Unusual introduction. He's just flirting with me

www.kitchenknifeforums.com

I've since added a few new ones to the collection, including chopper king, a custom from matt sicard, and a massive okubo "nakiri" from knifejapan. These are all also great in their own ways.

I find that most off the shelf cleavers are either too big or too small for my preference, so I tend to go more custom route nowadays for cleavers. However, if you are looking for something like Matsubara that you can get from a vendor, I'd also suggest Chopper King from CKTG, or Takeda. Very different price points, but good off the shelf knives that I'd personally recommend.

 

[HumbleHomeCook]

Catcheside Cleaver - Special Edition

Construction: Warokami, ForgedCladding: Pure ironFinish: PolishedCore steel: C105HRC: 65Weight: 471gLength: 215mmHeight: 107mmTaper:- OOH: 6.7mm- Halfway: 3mm- ~1cm from “Tip”: 1.7mmBalance point: ~1cm ahead of makers mark Handle: Cocobolo A forged geometry cleaver crafted by William...

piercingknives.com

 

[HumbleHomeCook]

Phil released a 25% code for Home Butcher (dadsdoitbetter). Some pretty tempting Murata's, Myojin and Nigara.

EDIT: Sorry, wrong thread but I'll leave it here anyways for the code.

 

[BillHanna]

 

[M1k3]

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"Yeah! Put my name on the bevel like KilgoreTrout" - @BillHanna

 

[blokey]

I wonder whose could this be…hmmm….

 

[spaceconvoy]

I wonder whose could this be…hmmm….

 

[HumbleHomeCook]

Check out this looker and it's brethren

 

[Jville]

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Lookit

What’s the specs on this one Bill.

 

[BillHanna]

240x120

 

[Jville]

240x120

That ties my Large Takeda, should of went bigger Bill .

 

[M1k3]

That ties my Large Takeda, should of went bigger Bill .

That's what she said

 

[tostadas]

It's not the size that counts, it's ... actually nevermind. Yea, the size is the only thing that matters.

 

[Michi]

Here is a video from Frederick on the cleaver that was posted earlier in a batch.

Sujihiki with attitude.

 

[BillHanna]

That ties my Large Takeda, should of went bigger Bill .

I sent him the measurements for a CCK 1101.

 

[Jville]

Sujihiki with attitude.

It’s all cleaver, not sure what you are seeing.

 

[Jville]

Sujihiki with attitude.

Of course, I’m assuming your joking. But the Spare comes in at 95mm at the heel by 220, which is basically the specs of the 1302 CKK, although the CCK 1302 I saw listed at 98mm that 3 mm is a very negligible difference. The Spare was actually originally 98 mm, but he made the profile less curvy so there’s the 3 mm. I would consider it a middle sized cleaver, but I guess since it has less height than the large cleavers, one might categorize it as a large small cleaver, which to me is a mid sized cleaver. Alot of my nicer cleavers are large #6 types and such, I wanted another nice mid sized cleaver with this. And Frederick nailed it I think.

 

[Genghis_F]

Lemme introduce you to my chunky friends

 

[Genghis_F]

Moritaka mega nakiri
Sakai Takayuki inox cleaver
Kamon Denty
Foster Bros #1180
Dunlap 8 inch

 

[BillHanna]

Hey Bill,

Knife is done, just gotta take some pictures. While polishing at the final grit, the edge caught the corner of the belt and I got a tiny blue spot, which I thought chasing would only make worse, so I left it. Won’t affect anything but I thought you should know.

 

[Jville]

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Hey Bill,

Knife is done, just gotta take some pictures. While polishing at the final grit, the edge caught the corner of the belt and I got a tiny blue spot, which I thought chasing would only make worse, so I left it. Won’t affect anything but I thought you should know.

That’s a very nice small cleaver Bill.