Mercer Culinary7-Inch Kitchen Cleaver, Stainless Steel, 38x10x3 cm

Chops chicken very well

Really well balanced and easy to use, what more is there to say.

Years ago I bought a set of Salter ProSharp knives that I loved but then they stopped making them and friends bought me a few other types of knife to add to my collection, including a cleaver, which was nice but I always felt a little sad they didn’t match the others. Recently, though, I discovered the Mercer Genesis range which I found was identical in styling (bar the branding) to my old Salter ProSharps when I bought an extra paring knife. So I then set about replacing my other non-Salter/Mercer knives including the cleaver. The cleaver isn’t officially part of the Genesis range and has a polypropylene handle instead of a sanoprene one so it’s solid vs soft, but the good news is that they fit perfectly together and you can’t tell the difference when they’re up on the knife rack. Like all the Salter/Mercer knives this has a totally quality feel and weight to it and whilst it scares me a little bit as it’s a massive cleaver, it does it’s job of whacking through slabs of meat like a charm - and it looks pretty badass on display in my kitchen too!

I have been using this cleaver to cut pork ribs horizonally and vertically with no issues whatsoever.

This is great, very heavy and ideal for chopping bone. I use it for preparing raw food for my cats and it makes it very easy. It can chop through frozen chicken and easily chops up eg chicken necks.

Bought this for chopping turkey necks, wings... etc for my dogs who are raw fed. Initially I found it a bit heavy but you get used to it in no time and its really good at its job. Its sharp but I keep the blade topped up with a good sharpener as makes the job easier. Comes in a nice box which I keep it in for storage. Great addition to the kitchen

Best for the purpose of a cleaver. I did a lot of research before buying this. Needed it for meat with bones and this was just ideal. It is also very well weighted for the purpose (quite heavy actually). I would highly recommend it.

Robust meat cleaver does the job