Concord Stainless Steel Chinese Kitchen Cleaver Chef's Knife
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: visiondecor FurnitureBrand: visiondecor Furniture
Product features:
- Concord Stainless Steel Chinese Kitchen Cleaver Knife
- Housewares
- Housewares->Cutlery
- Some assembly may be required. Please see product details.
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Concord Stainless Steel Chinese Kitchen Cleaver Chef's Knife
Customer Review: PLEASING TO THE EYE, BUT...LIMITED FUNCTIONALITY!
Summary: 2 Stars
This knife, come "pseudo" cleaver, is just that. In terms of what you can actually do with it, it's not much more useful than a heavy Chef's knife. As other reviewers have said, the picture does not do it justice in terms of appearance and finish! It's actually a very pretty, nicely finished piece. It is all metal; the one piece blade and tang obviously being steel, and the handle centers are brass, with the inner ferrules and the end pommel (butt) pieces also being steel. The handle has been ground and polished after assembly giving it a very smooth, blended, almost seamless appearance and feel. But, unfortunately, that's where any admiration ends! In terms of ergonomics and functionality the thing is not much good for anything other than splitting the lightest of chicken bones! Starting with the handle, both girth and length, its way too small for a man's hand to get a comfortable secure grip. The tips of your fingers will be digging in to the base of the thumb, and, will be jammed together in the short length. Finger grooves on the inside of the handle are virtually non-existent! Again, making for a very insecure feeling grip. In fact, the aforementioned smoothness and polish on the handle, along with no finger grooves and, not being able to grip it tight, make for a potentially dangerous situation. Get a little fat or grease on your hand, as I have done, and this thing could come out of your grip like...greased lightning! I have lost control of it, and had it twist in my hand! The handle is inline with the top edge of the blade, and with the blade being barely three inches deep at that junction, this puts all your knuckles within about ?" to 1" of the blades cutting edge. Bring the knife down on a curved rack of beef or spare ribs, or any other irregular surface, and I guarantee you are going to crush your knuckles at some time or another?
The handle needs a great deal more angle offset, or rise, above the top of the handle to eliminate this knuckle buster! And last, but not least, weighing in, slick with grease, this lightweight barely makes the scale at 1 ? Lbs (24oz).
It has no--heft--what so ever! Compounding this is the fact that, at 11" long overall, with approx' 6 ?" being blade, there's very little effective leverage! This pretty-to-look-at little mini-cleaver is good for chopping cucumbers or large, woody, carrots, and maybe the occasional chicken bone, but, if you're going to try and split a T-bone, separate a frozen solid rack of ribs right out of the freezer, or attempt to separate a frozen, fused jumble of knuckle bones for your hound dog, forget it, this lightweight ain't going to get the job done...!! I'm going to keep the knife just because I like the look of it, and this review is in no way intended as a negative reflection on Visiondecor. Their delivery was prompt and their overall courtesy and approach to me as a customer was...A1!
Description of Concord Stainless Steel Chinese Kitchen Cleaver Chef's Knife
Concord Stainless Steel Chinese Kitchen Cleaver Chef's Knife This is a brand new Concord Chinese Kitchen leaver. This cleaver is perfect for cutting and chopping through meat and bones. It is an excellent choice for splitting chickens and making stock from bones. The knives are made from the highest quality stainless steel.Meat Cleavers
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