Cai Dao – Chinese Cleaver

Blade: 8" AEB-L stainless steel

Handle: Stabilized curly maple, micarta, brass

The cai dao or Chinese cleaver is the all-purpose cooking knife of one of the largest populations in the world. Don't let the word "cleaver" fool you; the blade on this knife is thin and light, as compared with the chunkier Western style cleaver. This is an extremely tall knife, with a blade over 3" from edge to spine. With practice, this makes it ideal for all sorts of tasks. Some cai dao feature a totally straight edge. Mine feature a slight rise toward the point to enable a rocking cut, not something you can typically do with one of these. 

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A piece like this would be about $1,100.00
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High Carbon Steel

Nearly all of my knives are made using high carbon steel. It is superior to stainless steel in almost every way, but you need to know how to take care of it. It is important to understand what you’re buying.

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Pricing on custom work ranges from $100 on up to $10,000 and more, depending primarily on the complexity of the piece.

Lead time (i.e. when the knife might be complete) depends on what I have on my books at the moment, but in most cases 6 months is a safe guess.

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