{"product_id":"9-bar-twist-cleaver-198mm","title":"9-Bar Twist Cleaver 198mm","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eJoseph Schrum forged this cleaver from a billet he built himself: nine bars of carbon damascus, twisted and combined into a single mosaic that reads differently at every angle—sometimes topographic, sometimes almost liquid, never the same twice. It's the kind of steel that takes real commitment to make, and the kind that rewards long looking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe blade is a true Chinese-style vegetable cleaver in both geometry and intent. At 108.5mm tall, it has the imposing rectangular presence the form demands, but it's thinner than it looks, tapering from 2mm wide above the choil to just 0.7mm at the tip, with symmetrical convex bevels that roll cleanly to the edge. This is a cleaver built to slice, not to smash.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eAt 11.4 oz, it carries real weight, but the balance point sits about an inch forward of the heel, which keeps the blade doing the work without tiring the wrist. It feels authoritative in hand—the particular authority of a large knife that knows exactly what it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe handle is vintage yellow fiberglass micarta, fitted full-tang with heirloomed transitions throughout and secured with domed bronze pins. Warm and almost luminous in person, its tight linear texture photographs like exotic wood and ages like the heirloom object this knife aspires to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe sheath was made by Liz Van Every of Lizard Leatherworks, and she brought the same exactitude to it that Schrum brought to the blade, working in Hermann Oak heavy steer leather from one of the most respected tanneries in the country, operating in St. Louis since 1881. The front panel pairs an arrowhead basket weave stamping pattern with hand-dipped water marbled leather in matching amber and gold. The back reverses the composition. Fully lined, saddle stitched throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eSome makers treat the sheath as an afterthought. Others, the handle. Schrum treats nothing as an afterthought, and he collaborates with people who share that disposition. This cleaver is the result: the kind of object you pick up expecting a tool and set down having held something considerably more than that.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joe Schrum - Missouri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53874611912979,"sku":"JSC-HCK15","price":4200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/1749\/8643\/files\/nakiri-vegetable-cleaver-joe-schrum-missouri-9-bar-twist-cleaver-198mm-1224705275.jpg?v=1772487249","url":"https:\/\/eatingtools.com\/products\/9-bar-twist-cleaver-198mm","provider":"Eatingtools","version":"1.0","type":"link"}