The vegetable cleaver is the most versatile knife in an Asian kitchen, equivalent to the chef's knife familiar in Europe and America. This Chroma Type 301 Vegetable Cleaver, in the pattern designed by F. A. Porsche, makes one of the most practical prep blades even better.

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Becoming ever more essential to the workings of a modern kitchen, this Henckels 6" cutting edge Meat Cleaver is an old design that doesn't need to change. Laser cut from a blank of heavy duty stainless steel, this ice-hardened full tang chopping knife has a wide and strong bevel ...

Made in Solingen, Germany, by the well known cutler Wusthof Trident, the Grand Prix Santoku is a streamlined version of the Western chef's knife. This 7" cutting edge blade has the shape of a Santoku, with a long and nearly straight edge, but not the hollow ground granton ...

This fine cleaver from Shun Cutlery's line of modern Damascus steel gourmet blades could be one of the finest kitchen knives you'll ever own. In the average Asian kitchen some version of this versatile 7" cutting edge length cleaver may even be the only style of knife in use. ...

LamsonSharp really tried to make this knife as best as they could, and it sure looks like they succeeded. That's why it falls in a mid-to-high price range, but it's definitely worth the investment if you're in need of a thick cleaver.

The 8-inch blade is made from hardened and tempered stainless steel. ...

For many Chinese chef's, this type is not just an essential knife, but rather the single most essential knife in the kitchen.

Some will quibble and say that this is a Chef's knife and technically not a cleaver, but what's in a name? If you can use it to hack through ...