just got mine today,and it’s awesome! the picture dosen’t do it justice,it’s HUGE 10in long and just over 5in thick! has a nice blade on it too,the only reason i didn’t give it 5 stars is because i don’t know how usefull a knife of this size will be to the average cook.

I picked up a couple at the CCK shop when I was vacationing in Hong Kong. The shop keep there showed me how to use a metal spoon to bang at the blade and hear which one is forged well. I ended up picking up two of these.



This is the cleaver used by all pork butchers,but only pork butchers in Hong Kong. I went to several markets to see how this chopper is used. They use this from "disassembling" whole hanging pig carcasses to chopping leg bones. I spoke to one butcher and he told me it is rarely used at home because the butcher there will typically do all the prep work that requires this implement. He also told me to be careful if I want to get one for home use as it can easily split a household end grain block. In the butcher shop,they use gigantic round pine blocks,basically a think slap cut from a tree trunk (about 4 ft in diameter,2 ft thick). I could easily see the large bowl shaped hollow carved out on these blocks by this chopper.



I brought two of these cleavers home I gave one to my relative thinking he could use it to process dear carcasses. I use it at home mainly to split pork shanks and to chop barbecued ribs. It chops pork ribs as if the bones are not there. It never splinters the bones; it "slices" through very cleanly,even lengthwise. I don’t even bother with lining up the blade in between the bones,I just chop away.



It is a lovely beast.

I’ve wanted one of these knives since I was a kid watching old Chinese flicks. Now as a chef this thing is huge and makes easy work cutting up whole roasted poultry,ribs,and small roasted pigs if you want bone in that is. Other wise this knife is too heavy for any other use,well except to show off to my chef friends. If your cutting up meat all day long and do not want to worry about chipping your knife this is the one for you,if you want a huge cleaver to show off this is the knife you you,if you want it for other reasons you might want to think about it. But,I gave this knife five stars because this is one of the many knives I’ve always wanted.

What a monster! F&F are nearly absent,but poultry and ribs are no challenge at all to this behemoth knife. My coworkers laugh when I use this knife on pizza night to cut the pies then peel them onto plates.

Used my cleaver today to prep up a pig for roasting. Loved it. From chopping through bones to scrapping hair,it was awesome.

This thing is for real. Meet the butcher’s best friend

BADASS! This knife is amazing!! I am a professional chef and I use many knives every day but this one is my favorite. CCK cleavers are all great but I love this one the most.

You cannot comprehend how big this thing is until you hold it in your hand. And this is the Medium! There is a Large and an Extra Large! So far I have used it to chop up chicken. Zips right through the bones without splintering them and no nicks in the blade. I recommend this for anyone wanting a meat/bone cleaver.