Cleaver

As a cleaver (also splitters, hack or Haubeil ) refers to special knife in food production.

Form

The blade separation in length and weight depending on the application widely. The rectangular blades have a standard length of 30 to 40 centimeters and a width of 7-15 centimeters. The handles may be up to 50 inches long. They have a weight from 400 to 3000 grams. Although they are sometimes referred to as ax, they lack the typical stem, since the blade is firmly connected with a knife handle. A special form is the Swiss Haubeil, wherein the blade is transversely of the knife handle.

Uses

In the small-scale meat production to use the knife for cutting the body of cattle along the spine, what happens in industrial production by sawing. They are therefore also called frequently slaughterhouse splitters or splitters separation. Smaller gauges are used for cutting large pieces of meat, such as ribs or loins, but also for cutting smaller animals such as lamb, veal and rabbit. Since they are often used in the meat trade, they are also called shop or counter splitter ( meat counter ).

Cleaver in other cultures

The cleaver used mainly in Japan is the Deba Bocho be separated with the preferred fish heads. It will not be beaten hacking with such a cleaver, but the cutting edge to the to be separated Good set and beaten with the fist or a wood on the back of the blade. For the processing of meat with bones and butchers heavier cleaver are used which act similar to Western cleavers.

Falsely diameter are referred to both in Japanese and in Chinese cuisine as a cleaver, which takes the form similar but much thinner and are therefore not suitable for cutting through bone. Illustratively, the Nakiri is bocho (Japanese vegetable knife ) called which is used for cutting boneless meat, for chopping, slicing and chopping of vegetables and at the same time as a scraper to convey the prepared food in the wok.

Industrial knives

In the wood processing knife for rough machining of wood are referred to as cleaver, for example, sections of wood crushing machine for wood chips.