Reddit reviews Dexter-Russell Cleaver, 7-Inch, Traditional Series
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Handle Length: 6-inchBlade Length: 7-inchOverall Length: 13-inchHigh-carbon steel blade, with an individually ground and honed edgeNatural hardwood handle is secured to the blade with brass compression rivets
When I was a saucier, I needed a cleaver to chop up the bones from lamb, pork, veal, duck, so on and so forth. I ended up buying a Dexter cleaver, and absolutely loved it. It's nice and heavy (around 4-5 lbs), meaning you don't have to do a lot of work to get through the thickest bones. I haven't done as good a job with maintenance as I should have, but even now it still holds up after three years of daily use. Out of the box, this thing was almost as sharp as any chef knife you could buy.
I honestly couldn't recommend this one enough.
(Side story; when I first got this cleaver, i took a picture of it and that replaced the picture of my cat on my phone for a while.)
Are you looking for a Chinese cleaver like a CCK? Aside from the Bone Chopper, most of these are essentially chef knives and not bone-friendly.
For bones, you probably want something cheapish like a Dexter Russell.
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Serious eats recommend this: https://www.amazon.com/Dexter-Russell-5387-7-cleaver/dp/B008RBTGOK
But you should be sure you want a Chinese cleaver and not a Chinese knife. Both have similar shapes but the cleaver is thicker and used more for chopping meat that have bones