The cleaver can take on heavy vegetables like different varieties of squash and root vegetables with more force than a chef's knife or santoku knife.
Knives included
Net weight
Total length
Blade length
297g
12"
7"
Handle
Blade
Ebony wood
VG-10 Damascus steel
Construction
This Ebony wood cleaver has a generously curved cutting edge and a pronounced point, two characteristics which you won’t find on most other cleavers. This unique feature set allows the knife to perform well with straight up and down chopping as well as with more traditional rock-chopping. This makes it the perfect multi-tool cleaver than can probably replace a large chunk of your chef’s knife’s work. If you find yourself dicing a lot of veg and cubing a lot of meat in quick succession, this might be the ideal cleaver you’ve been looking for.
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Originating in Western Asia some 1000+ years ago, Damascus steel was a highly sought after steel variant used for the production of specialty swords. To this day, Damascus blades are characterized by distinctive patterns of banding and mottling reminiscent of flowing water, sometimes in a "ladder" or "rose" pattern. Such blades were reputed to be tough, and highly resistant to shattering.
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