6.5" Butcher's Cleaver - Ji Series (X08)

JI SERIES (X08)
6.5"
4.7 Stars  |  15 Reviews

A 6.5-inch butcher's cleaver built for meat and bone, not vegetables. The blade is 67-layer Damascus over a 12Cr18MoV core, ground to a robust 27 degrees per side so it can chop through joints and small bones without rolling. Full tang through an ebony wood handle, 338g of forward weight for clean downward strokes. Hand wash only. Lifetime warranty.

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Reach for this when you're breaking down a whole chicken and need to split the carcass through the rib cage, or when a bone-in duck breast needs separating with one clean strike. The 6.5-inch Butcher's Cleaver isn't for slicing. It's for the moments where you need a heavy spine and a short blade to drive through cartilage and small bones with control. One stroke. Done.

Built for the Joint

The thick spine carries the mass that makes bone work possible without hammering. Drive it down through a chicken joint and it goes through cleanly, so you're not bruising the meat by hacking repeatedly. The 6.5-inch blade length keeps it controllable on a standard cutting board. Full-tang construction means every gram of steel sits behind your grip instead of swinging out past your hand.

Damascus Cladding, Hardened Core

The core is 12Cr18MoV high-carbon stainless steel, wrapped in 67 layers of Damascus cladding. Vacuum heat-treated to 58-62 HRC, the edge holds through the repeated impact work that would roll a softer blade. The layered Damascus cladding adds chip resistance on the shoulder of the blade, which is where most of the impact lands on a bone stroke.

Specifications

  • Blade Steel: 67-layer Damascus with 12Cr18MoV core
  • Hardness: 58-62 HRC (Vacuum Heat Treated)
  • Blade Profile: 6.5-inch Butcher's Cleaver, heavy spine
  • Handle: Ebony wood, full-tang
  • Use: Splitting poultry carcasses, cleaving through rib joints, and any bone work where a short, heavy blade beats a longer one.
  • Series: Ji Series (X08)
  • Model: X08-KG

Complete Your Set

Pair it with the Ji Series 8" Chef Knife for the prep work once the joints are split, and the Ji Series 6" Honesuki-style Chef Knife for working around bone and cartilage where the cleaver is too blunt an instrument.

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THE NERDY BITS
  • Blade length: 6.5 inches
  • Type: butcher's cleaver / bone chopper
  • Edge angle: 27 degrees per side
  • Blade: 67-layer Damascus over a 12Cr18MoV core
  • Hardness: 58-62 HRC
  • Heat treatment: vacuum heat treated
  • Handle: ebony wood, full tang
  • Knife weight: 338g
  • Care: hand wash only, not dishwasher safe
  • Origin: Yangjiang, China
  • Warranty: lifetime against manufacturing defects

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Details & Specifications

IDEAL FOR:

  • Chopping
  • Cleaving
  • Vegetables
TYPE
Bone Chopper
STEEL
12Cr18MoV
BLADE LENGTH
165mm
CLADDING
67-layer Damascus
HANDLE
Ebony Wood
HARDNESS
58-62 HRC
WEIGHT
338g
EDGE ANGLE
27° per side

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