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Cleaver

A wide-bladed knife for heavy-duty kitchen work.

Our Chinese-style cleavers (chuka bocho) are thin, wide vegetable and multipurpose knives. They are designed for slicing, chopping and mincing, and the broad face lets you crush garlic and scoop ingredients off the board. They are not bone choppers, so for jointing meat choose our heavier meat cleaver, which has a thicker blade made for tougher work.

Yoshihiro cleavers are available in stainless Inox and in high-carbon White Steel #2 and Blue Steel #2, including Mazaki special editions with stabilized maple burl handles. For a lighter vegetable knife, see our nakiri knives.

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  • Chinese-style chef cleaver knife with black handle and white metal blade
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    Yoshihiro Inox Chinese-Style Cleaver Vegetable Cutter Multipurpose Chef Knife

    Yoshihiro Inox Chinese-Style Cleaver Vegetable Cutter Multipurpose Chef Knife

    $199.99
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  • Chinese-style vegetable cleaver knife with blue speckled handle and broad chopping blade
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    Yoshihiro Nashiji High Carbon Blue Steel #2 Chinese-Style Cleaver Vegetable Knife with Stabilized Maple Burl Handle (Mazaki Special Edition: TYPE A)

    Yoshihiro Nashiji High Carbon Blue Steel #2 Chinese-Style Cleaver Vegetable Knife with Stabilized Maple Burl Handle (Mazaki Special Edition: TYPE A)

    $1,999.99
    $1,999.99
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  • Chinese-style vegetable cleaver knife, dark mottled blade with iridescent purple-blue handle

    Yoshihiro Nashiji High Carbon Blue Steel #2 Chinese-Style Cleaver Vegetable Knife with Stabilized Maple Burl Handle (Mazaki Special Edition: TYPE B)

    Yoshihiro Nashiji High Carbon Blue Steel #2 Chinese-Style Cleaver Vegetable Knife with Stabilized Maple Burl Handle (Mazaki Special Edition: TYPE B)

    $1,999.99
    $1,999.99
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  • Chinese-style vegetable cleaver knife with speckled dark blade and stabilized burl handle

    Yoshihiro Nashiji High Carbon White Steel #2 Chinese-Style Cleaver Vegetable Knife with Stabilized Maple Burl Handle (Mazaki Special Edition: TYPE C)

    Yoshihiro Nashiji High Carbon White Steel #2 Chinese-Style Cleaver Vegetable Knife with Stabilized Maple Burl Handle (Mazaki Special Edition: TYPE C)

    $1,999.99
    $1,999.99
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  • Chinese-style cleaver knife with dark burl-style wood handle and silver steel blade

    Yoshihiro Nashiji High Carbon White Steel #2 Chinese-Style Cleaver Vegetable Knife with Stabilized Maple Burl Handle (Mazaki Special Edition: TYPE D)

    Yoshihiro Nashiji High Carbon White Steel #2 Chinese-Style Cleaver Vegetable Knife with Stabilized Maple Burl Handle (Mazaki Special Edition: TYPE D)

    $1,999.99
    $1,999.99
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