ESEE Knives Expat Knives Black G10 Handle Cleaver CL1

This is a cleaver, built to last.How does it stab: Terrible.How does it slice: Ok.How does it chop: World-Class.Seems some of the coating / oxidation rubs off on chicken no matter how many times I clean it. A bit concerning, but hopefully it's just ironoxide. It even rubbed off on a white tortilla, after I just cleaned it.I have a cleaver collection, mostly wood-handled antiques with high-carbon steel. This guy (the Expat "Rowen"?) exceeded all expectations. Absolutly powerful and bomb-proof chopping tool.I have chopped through the width of a 2x4, and it still chopps chicken just fine. Can't say enough nice things about this cleaver. I would add only one caveat, that it is NOT a knife. If you're looking for a tacticool knife, you'll be let down. If you're looking for a heirloom cleaver, this one will do nicely, even with heavy use. I had high hopes, and this knife supassed them. Very happy with my purchase.

I was born a poor...nevermind wrong thought. This thing is a beast!!! The moment it arrived, I was smitten. Unboxing was a little iffy, as it came packaged like my wife's last three packages, wasn't sure it was mine? Once I overcame the initial fear of seeing a "personal massager", everything was better. To begin, it came with several bandaids, one or two large enough to cover a goodly portion of a human hand, and a neat little "survival card"(which btw, says NOTHING about how to survive your wife finding out you spent this much money on a sandwich splitter? I'm sure it was an honest oversight!). The bandaids are cool, this Expat guy should start a bandaid company?! It also comes with an entire cup of badassery, which can be divided equally betwixt several different folks. The last thing in the box was a curious coin, purportedly some 4th world currency? I traded mine for a handful of magic beans, which my wife immediately tossed out the window. The sandwich chopper itself seems very well made, if not a bit bulky for splitting a sammich. The bag it is packaged in can double as a condom for a real man, or you can ferry water from the creek in it(if you don't have a wife to ferry water). I've yet to split a sammich with it, since that's my wife's job, but it seems plenty sharp enough for the task. I can however vouch for the fact that it is an EXCELLENT thrower, perfectly balanced, and just heavy enough, or so my wife says, I don't know, I was running? This Expat guy really knows his sandwich utensils, as well as the first aid supplies shipped with it. The jury is still out on the fiat currency included, but I'm hoping my magic beans make up for it! As an aside, careful when you order, my mail lady call the Postal Inspectors on me because this thing was so sharp, it cut its way out of the "personal massager" type packaging and nicked her sammich assemblers?

Heavy duty enough to chop through bone, balanced & sharp enough to mow through veggies. I truly love this beefy, Idaho beast!

Honestly I am so AMPED to finally have bought this for myself! I've kept it in my cart easily over a year now, and now that I have it i'm already in love. The blade is thick, straight, sharp, and beautiful. The sheath is also a strong thick leather. It came with 3 stickers, (which I think is awesome i'll represent!) 2 survival cards, a really cool coin, and a sliver of the cutout of idaho from my knife! I really thought I was only getting the cleaver so getting the extras was really cool to me! Just opened so I don't have any review other than initial reaction, but from reviews i've seen on youtube and other ESEE or RAT knives I feel it's gonna be amazing.

To the point, solid, heavy and extremely sharp, and easy to maintain edge with simple quick maintenance. Deterent and Utility. My favorite camp tool.

It rusted fairly quickly, I kept it in regular storage. Before I knew it the uncovered blade began to rust. It also leaves a really bad odor on the hands.

The day after I received this we where having a cook out. I broke it out to cut up the chicken and beef. I look out the window and see some of my friends from another country using it to cut down tree's to make a fire spit. They then used it to de-bark the tree's to make the cordage. Great blade!

This thing is big and heavy and I love it. Sharp as hell and just cool. You don't need it, you want it.