8.1″ Hand Forged Serbian Cleaver & Chef’s Knife

Absolutely outstanding knife - and I'm a "knife guy". I can't stop buying these and giving them away as gifts. I have one in my office, in my travel kitchen, and my house. I do only wash them by hand, but they are all extremely well made, solid, heavy, sharp, hold their edge, and cut through anything. 100% DO NOT spend more than $20 for a Serbian Chef Knife. That ad that keeps coming up on social media trying to get you to spend $300 for 5 different versions of these is a total joke: you ONLY need this knife and you only need one Serbian Chef Knife per kitchen. Thank you Enoking for exposing how easy it is to make a great and affordable Serbian Chef Knife.

This meat cleaver is AWESOME! It is sharp and the weight is great. It cuts cleanly through chicken leg bones. I'll have to purchase the right butcher board to withstand the chops. Looking forward to using more often.

Im blown away by this purchase. This is exactly what I wanted. It is pretty hefty, but well balanced, very sharp and the fit and finish is surprisingly good. It came with a coating of shipping grease to keep it from rusting, so I cleaned it with soapy water, dried it well and reapplied some cooking oil to it. Reading other reviews leads me to believe this is far more a carbon steel than a stainless as it states in the original listing. Carbon steel is great, but I feel you will want to treat it like you would a cast iron pan and keep it dry and oiled. I included a front shot so you can see how it tapers gradually from quite thick at the spine, down to the blades edge. I also included a pic of it with my other kitchen knives so you could get a better sense of perspective. Its a nice size, but not as HUGE as it appears in many picture I see. Absolute STEAL for $20!

Works well

I read a lot of reviews and none of them really gave me the answers to decide if this was for me or not. I'll do my best to give you basically all the info you'll need.First, what kind of knife is this? Primarily it's for chopping pieces of meat that has a thick bone.Weight? To me, it's nearly perfect. The Cleaver has good amount of weight behind it, enough to break through the bone with ease, yet not super heavy where you're like I can't hold itHandle? Great balance and is very comfortable to holdEdge? It would take a lot from what I can tell to cause folds in the blade. It's also super sharp so you could totally breakup a pineapple or a hard vegetable like a squash.Uses? As I said this is really something you'll use to say chop or separate ribs, chicken wings from the drum and winglets. You can dice vegetables with this but I wouldn't say it would be an easy task because it's much heavier than a chef knife, but you can do it. You'll easily be able to to take a rib eye and make beef cubes If desired.When breaking the bones, you do need to use a chopping motion because pressing down on the blade unless tons of pressure to me won't get the job done. The good news it the chopping motion is very little hardly any effort.What can't it do? I would not try and break massive bones I don't think it's heavy enough unless you really smash hard.Cleaning: After use, use soap and water and then dry it really well. I'm talking bone dry; no put intended. Then take a paper towel or rag and put a little olive oil on each side and rub it on then put back in case.I can't say if will still rust as others have said since only had a day but if take care of it should be no issues.Overall if you're primary reason for getting this is to dice vegetable, chop meat and break through bone stay clear. If you're primarily purpose is to break through the bone and on occasion use for other tasks then it's for you.Oh, the reverse side I think, although I have not done so would be great for smashing open something like a coconut.

I have no complaints right now the blade is great quality and has a nice weight, it comes sharpened and I’m sure as long as you maintain it, it will be a great addition to any collection

First, the packaging is impressive- the box has a magnetic lid and the cleaveris secured in a velvet enclosure. The cleaver itself is real steel with a good weight to it and a lightly oiled. It’s razor sharp so be careful! Feels good in the hand, cuts through chicken breast like it’s air. Also looks great on my magnetic knife rack that I built. Can’t wait to use this for my BBQ’s! I would expect a cleaver of this quality to cost a lot more. Very happy with this purchase.

Good quality and easy to use

Finish is of an exceptionally low-quality finish on handle. Would prove painful over prolonged use

Fantastic knife, really good feel and weight.Very sharp and looks exactly like the photos. comes with a nice quality sheath too. Would absolutely recommend, very good bargain on this at around $20

I was expecting something extra ordinary because the way it has been presented but unfortunately ended up with a big disappointment. The cleave blade connot hold third strike when I was trying to cut a lamb. You can use it for cutting vegetables nothing more than. Not recommended for camping purpose.

This knife is a chef best friend. It has nice way of dicing the way you can rock it off the tip of the knife. Put a carrots or cucumber in the middle of the knife rock it back and forth moving your veggies. Manifique

Rusted very quickly after 1 wash!