I recently gave a Shibazi cleaver a pretty massive makeover and have found out that I'm a big fan of biggish rectangles.
https://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/threads/complete-makeover-of-a-shibazi-208-2.65317/
The logical next step is buying dozens of cleavers like a normal, sane person. I am looking to try the work of a western knifemaker and would love to get some recommendations to narrow down the field, so who owns western made cleavers and who is your favourite maker?
It's been ages since I have been uncertain about a what knives I wanted to try, but I own mainly Japanese gyutos, so cleavers and Western makers are something that I'm very unfamiliar with. I have also read around a quarter of the 2k+ posts in the most recent cleaver thread, but that thread is focused on mainly Chinese and Japanese cleavers, so it's not so useful in my case.
The cleaver will be used for preparing vegetables and boneless meats, so a thinish slicer should fit the bill and what I'm looking for is basically my Shibazi cleaver, but made using higher quality steel. Price and wait time are relatively unimportant (I would rather have something nice than something now) and european based makers are preferred because import taxes and duties are a bitch.
Thanks in advance for the recommendations.
https://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/threads/complete-makeover-of-a-shibazi-208-2.65317/
The logical next step is buying dozens of cleavers like a normal, sane person. I am looking to try the work of a western knifemaker and would love to get some recommendations to narrow down the field, so who owns western made cleavers and who is your favourite maker?
It's been ages since I have been uncertain about a what knives I wanted to try, but I own mainly Japanese gyutos, so cleavers and Western makers are something that I'm very unfamiliar with. I have also read around a quarter of the 2k+ posts in the most recent cleaver thread, but that thread is focused on mainly Chinese and Japanese cleavers, so it's not so useful in my case.
The cleaver will be used for preparing vegetables and boneless meats, so a thinish slicer should fit the bill and what I'm looking for is basically my Shibazi cleaver, but made using higher quality steel. Price and wait time are relatively unimportant (I would rather have something nice than something now) and european based makers are preferred because import taxes and duties are a bitch.
Thanks in advance for the recommendations.
