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[tostadas]

Question for "cleaver"-users: Which "cleaver" designs would most often be used to disassemble a coconut?

I use a thick-ish cheap soft stainless cleaver. I paid like $10 for it and I can beat on it really hard without worrying about chipping. I don't think I measured it before but it's roughly around 200x85, 330g with an edge angle of 20deg+ per side.

 

[martinhuber]

I might offend people...
But for me...everything under 160x80mm is a nakiri.
Especially in terms of hight. so i like a kinda good 2:1 ratio, but not a must be.
Cause i kinda like 190x80mm too - even if it should be 95mm then.


Soo...80mm+ in hight, close to a 2:1 is my personal opinion


Thanks to @ch_br asking for my opinion and showing me this thread !

 

[ch_br]

I might offend people...
But for me...everything under 160x80mm is a nakiri.
Especially in terms of hight. so i like a kinda good 2:1 ratio, but not a must be.
Cause i kinda like 190x80mm too - even if it should be 95mm then.


Soo...80mm+ in hight, close to a 2:1 is my personal opinion


Thanks to @ch_br asking for my opinion and showing me this thread !

No offense taken, its an opinion thread...

Nice to hear from a smith!

Thanks for sharing man.

 

[bsfsu]

Some different rectangles in my shop.

Edit; Cleavers can be small, Nakiri can be small. Cleavers can be large, Nakiri can be large.

 

[Rideon66]

Question for "cleaver"-users: Which "cleaver" designs would most often be used to disassemble a coconut?

I use this for coconuts

 

[Noodle Soup]

I use this for coconuts

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Thai style coconut chopper?

 

[Rideon66]

Thai style coconut chopper?

Thai machete works great for coconuts. It is a heavy hand forged from leaf springs machete out of a small village over there.

 

[Noodle Soup]

Thai machete works great for coconuts. It is a heavy hand forged from leaf springs machete out of a small village over there.

I have a couple but don't chop on many coconuts.