Found my cleaver!

[Rob Babcock]

Man, I've been looking for this for almost a year, since I moved back to Sioux Falls! I'd put it in a box when to move, then couldn't find it. Well, I was rummaging around trying to find a couple of my nice blue demim chef coats and found my lost kitchen box!

It's nothing special, just a medium weight jobbie I got for $40 about 10 years ago. But it's my favorite cleaver that I've ever used. And I can't find anything comparable without spending twice as much:






Once I dug it out, I slapped it on my Edge Pro Apex and worked my up thru the stones, coarse thru fine. Now it's shaving sharp but with a fairly robust bevel.

[jkath]

ooooooooh, nice cleaver!
Isn't it funny how we love our knives?

[Katie E]

Looks just like one Buck and I have. I need to go and look.

[buzzard767]

I don't recognize the kanji, but, then again, at my age.....

Buzz

[Rob Babcock]

The English says "Kai-Cut". I may have had it for 15 years, certainly quite a while. I don't even really know what brand it is. It does say it was made in Japan on the other side of the blade.

Nothing exotic, just a good $40 cleaver.

[buzzard767]

At first I thought it is maybe related to Kai Shun, but google has it as a separate brand "KaiCut" on many sites. As long as it does what you tell it to, right?

[quicksilver]

Mine is a Joyce Chen. I don't know if that's good or not. I only use it to cut the tips off wings, and occasionally ribs. It says SS made in Japan and weighs a ton with wood handle.
I swear it's right handed, cause I miss my mark almost every time. But that could also be because I'm afraid of the thing. Like I said, it weighs a ton.

I know, I know.... oh, you're such a girl. What can I say?
I hate horse racing too!

[buzzard767]

Originally Posted by quicksilver

I swear it's right handed, cause I miss my mark almost every time. But that could also be because I'm afraid of the thing. Like I said, it weighs a ton.

Hold it by the handle with the tip pointed away from you. If the bevel on the right side is wider than on the left, it's right handed.

[quicksilver]

Buz, "hold it by the handle with the tip pointed away from you". What are you kidding? OH HO your funny!!!!!
There is no bevel on the right side, only the left. The name imprint is on the left as well --- that's if I have the tip pointing away from me.
But pray tell, how is a knife left or right? Is that like a left or right paint brush? Ha, Ha.

[buzzard767]

Originally Posted by quicksilver

Buz, "hold it by the handle with the tip pointed away from you". What are you kidding? OH HO your funny!!!!!
There is no bevel on the right side, only the left. The name imprint is on the left as well --- that's if I have the tip pointing away from me.
But pray tell, how is a knife left or right? Is that like a left or right paint brush? Ha, Ha.

You don't know much about knife geometry. You have a left handed knife. Don't be so quick on the clever cleaver trigger because you obviously don't know diddly about single beveled knives. Jeeze!