Hi all, I have really been enjoying this thread for a while, and have taken my time to read trough it for the past couple of weeks. Lots of very interesting cleavers, as well as very valuable insight. Thank you! I am a new member here, and I felt I wanted to join the cleaver chat, as I love my Cleavers as well, after having tried a lot og different japanese knives through the years.
Anyway, quite recently, I was searching youtube for videos of various cleavers in use, and I found this Chinese cook, who has a very interesting cleaver. I have been very fascinated by it, and have managed to get some screenshots as well.
Please correct me if you like, but it looks mid sized (around 200 x 100 mm), fairly heavy, maybe between 400 - 500 grams. It looks like it doesnt have a distal taper, and it has a continous taper from spine to the edge, also at the tip. Looks like a very slightly convex grind, which is sturdier at the heel, as he also use it to hack through a large fish. The profile is slightly curved. The handle looks very interesting as well, as it has a quite heavy brass bolster, Normally I dont like bolsters, but there is something about the way this is shaped that I like. I think it is quite elegant actually. And it just made me very curious, as he seems very skilled.
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Do any of you guys happen to know what brand of knife it is? Or is it likely a custom?
A link to a video, where the cleaver gets used, hope you can find it:
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