Suien VC Cleaver

[kalaeb]

I am selling my Suien cleaver. Great knife, had it about 3 or 4 months to get a feel for a full size cleaver and have now decided to get something a little more custom.

It has been re-handled with spalted maple.

Blade length is 220, height is 110.

The knife has a great patina starting, but I can remove it if the buyer chooses. (just going to take a few more days to ship if I have to remove the patina)

Comes with original box. The knife is in used condition, it is a big beautiful workhorse.

Blade closeup

Handle closeup

Reverse side

Asking 150.00, shipped free to CONUS.

PM with any questions,
Thank you for looking, Matt

 

[kalaeb]

Pending

 

[labor of love]

this is a great week for BST.

 

[NO ChoP!]

Interested if initial bid falls through....

 

[kalaeb]

Sold! Thanks for looking.

Man, I am kind of getting sellers remorse as I get this packaged up. I hate it when that happens.

 

[NO ChoP!]

Yah, that looks like a bunch of fun!

 

[kalaeb]

Commission sent. Thanks

 

[Kyle]

Sweet cleaver! Who did the handle?

 

[kalaeb]

The handle is mine with Burl Source splated maple.

 

[tk59]

Dang. I'd have been all over this if I'd seen it earlier. $150 is like giving it away. Great deal.

 

[NO ChoP!]

I've found I despise a flat cleaver. That's got some nice belly....

 

[mikemac]

I was gonna ask about that...is that an optical illusion, re-profiled, or does a stock VC really have that much curvature?

 

[Rottman]

Looks like the stock belly to me.

 

[chazmtb]

Stock has some belly. Looks completely stock.

 

[kalaeb]

Correct, the profile is the stock profile, Suiens do have some belly, but I have found I liked the way it performed. I have used a Moritaka flat cleaver before and hated it.

For me a 2 mm raise from mid point to tip and mid point to butt suits me pretty good. The Suien is a little more than that, but I still found it a good knife.