Anyone use a clever?

[aporigine]

There is one of these left.



Chopper King Blue #1 Big Tuna 280mm And only $150.

How does one sharpen this?

I’ve watched vids of Taiwanese fish guys breaking down bbiigg tuna with such knives. They use an 8” bench grinder!

[TheLegalRazor]

There is one of these left.



Chopper King Blue #1 Big Tuna 280mm And only $150.

How does one sharpen this?

I’ve watched vids of Taiwanese fish guys breaking down bbiigg tuna with such knives. They use an 8” bench grinder!

I recall seeing one video of someone using a belt grinder to sharpen a knife like this.

[aporigine]

Making, using, sharpening the Taiwanese fish cleaver.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9E0HdBTkY ... dGluZyA%3D

[aporigine]

Aaand the Big Tuna is gone, so gone

[Kerneldrop]

That hand-filed video made someone hit that buy button.
I’d use it as a bbq knife

[eddiesalita]

I have a couple veg cleavers and a small bone cleaver. Don't use the bone cleaver. The victorinox chef pumpkin knife is used for splitting poultry backbones etc.
Veg cleavers are good if you're pumping out large quantities of chopping. Especially julienne efc. I don't do much of that anymore so they don't even get kept in the drawer. They're put away.

Get a little victorinox or asian shop veg cleaver and see if you like it. If you do, get something nicer.

I'm pretty much down to a gyuto, Petty, Sujihiki and pumpkin/abuse knife these days. Thinking of trying a shorter suji and slightly longer and taller petty tbh. Feel like I've moved passed cleavers. But they are fun, productive and fast. A good thing to have.

[Kerneldrop]

...I had to put a scrap of hardboard there to prevent the heartbreak of Cleaver Droop.

I'm going to put together a stand for my Cleaver and Tank this week...what is Cleaver Droop?
I'm imagining the blade bending, bowing etc.

[jmcnelly85]

I’m wondering if that was supposed to be drop

[aporigine]

...I had to put a scrap of hardboard there to prevent the heartbreak of Cleaver Droop.

I'm going to put together a stand for my Cleaver and Tank this week...what is Cleaver Droop?
I'm imagining the blade bending, bowing etc.

When I first made it, the cleaver’s spine would not stay parallel to the upper edge. The nose would droop.

With a small stop glued in at the nose, the spine now cleanly follows the edge of the block. Ocd might be involved.

A pic vs a thousand words

[Kerneldrop]

Ah, I see.
I do like how the entire blade is supported, and the slot is nicely fitted to the blade.
And there's no pressure on the edge.

I may just put them on a ladder like how I have my other ones.
I have 2 ladders built and only need one for my daily-used knives.

[aporigine]

Ah, I see.
I do like how the entire blade is supported, and the slot is nicely fitted to the blade.
And there's no pressure on the edge.

I may just put them on a ladder like how I have my other ones.
I have 2 ladders built and only need one for my daily-used knives.

I’ve toyed with the idea of a wall-mounted ladder, but this is quake country. If my big honyaki sakimaru tumbled onto the tiles, it would be all my

fault.

[Kerneldrop]

Here's my simple stand for the Chopper King White #2 and Daovua Tank V2

[trancher]

Here's my simple stand for the Chopper King White #2 and Daovua Tank V2

Cool! Any plans on staining it? Or some wood burning, maybe

[Kerneldrop]

Cool! Any plans on staining it? Or some wood burning, maybe

I can do something to fancy it up.
It's 2x4 stud pine. So nothing presentation grade.

[Kerneldrop]

I rounded the spine and tang.
Both have a finish sharpening job out of the box.
So cutting carrots and beets....the cutting performance in the Chopper King and Tank V2 felt the same.

[aporigine]

Here's my simple stand for the Chopper King White #2 and Daovua Tank V2

Cool! Any plans on staining it? Or some wood burning, maybe

I’ve no doubt it’ll pick up some stains.