F. Dick Meat Cleaver - 7"

This is a beautiful, and extremely heavy knife. Well constructed, very sharp, and should last forever. It is much larger than the picture and the description would have you believe, so be warned. It's not small. But why would you want a small cleaver? I bought this for tasks my chef's knife is just not up to, and I think this more than fits the bill. Also, I know what I'm grabbing when the zombie apocalypse hits. It is not messing around.

The cleaver is way too big and heavy for the average person. This cleaver is for people with big hands--Michael Strahan, husky football players, heavy weight fighters product. Don't buy it if your not in this category. I gave it to my uncle, because he was looking for one for himself. I had to get a six inch cleaver for myself. My uncle loves the cleaver, but I am only giving it a three, because I couldn't use it.

This is a high quality instrument. It is bigger than I thought it would be. Had I realized how big it is, I would have purchased the 6" cleaver and I think the smaller one would be more useful. It is very heavy. However, I bought it for my son and he will be better able to handle the weight than if I was using the product.

Perfect cleaver. This thing cuts anything you put down on the block. The weight distribution and feel glides through meat and bone effortlessly. Couldn't be happier with my purchase.

Well built, weighty and sharp. In short, it was everything I was looking for.

nice heavy duty Cleaver with a polished finish. will chop though anything!

As to the reviews above--what's up with that? It's a *cleaver*; it's heavier than a small santuko or general purpose knife, ok? It's not a sledgehammer, though, for God's sake--it's for hard cutting and, ahem, cleaving, chores. Mine weighs slightly more than one pound--530 grams--woe betide the cook who can't deal with that. The purpose of the implement is that you don't trash your chef's knife cutting bones, and if you know how to use it it is fast as lightning. This particular cleaver is very nice: I roll through chickens with this thing and it is great--and my chef's knives thank me. It's no work of art, but it's a fine cleaver.

It's very thick, very heavy (a bit over 2 lbs), very sharp, very shiney, and completely and utterly glorious. You don't need to swing it at things, though if you're cornered in the kitchen in a zombie apocalypse, it's the obvious go to in the knife block, the weight and broad top edge make it so you just need to give a little wack with the heal of your hand to split a chicken in half. Buying this made me realize a couple of things 1) F Dick is probably the most underrated German knife brand and 2) what a joke the cleaver it replaced was. That said there is nothing light or nimble about this, but it's a cleaver there isn't supposed to be, but before you buy one grab a quart of milk out of the fridge, or a 2lb bag of sugar or flour out of the pantry, it's heavier than that, understand that it's a 1kg cleaver, 2.2lbs, it's a beast, an utterly glorious beast.