The Butcher's Trio 3 Piece Hand Forged Cleaver Set, 7.5" Butcher, 8" Drop Point, 7" Sheep Foot, High Carbon Steel

The Butcher's Trio is a hand forged butcher knife set made of three cleavers, each with its own job, all in high carbon steel on full tang handles. It is for people who break down big cuts themselves, in the kitchen or over a camp fire, and want a cleaver set that can take a beating.

Which Cleaver Does What

The Classic Butcher Cleaver has a sweeping belly and carries its weight forward, so it drops hard into a chop and still rocks smoothly through a cut. Its wenge grip is dense and shrugs off moisture.

The Drop Point Cleaver gives you chopping power with a proper tip. Use the point for detail work, then get back to heavy prep.

The Sheep Foot Cleaver has a broad straight edge and a rounded spine. It is the control knife of the group, good for clean push cuts and mincing.

The edges are built to stand up to bone and cartilage. What this set will not do well is thin, even slicing of a finished brisket. For that, add a slicer from our BBQ knives, or step up to the Mastercraft 4 Piece Set. Single blades sit in our butcher knives collection.

A Gift That Gets Used

Give this to the person who already owns a smoker and a freezer full of meat. It suits a hunter who likes to process his own game, a dad for Father's Day, or someone heading into retirement with plans to cook more. For a wedding party, the best man gets the trio and the groomsmen each get a single cleaver, which keeps the look matched in the photos. Browse the rest of our gifts for more.

Every Xcutlery blade is high carbon steel, hand forged one at a time in the Serbian style: thick stock, a lot of hammer work, and the forge finish left on the flats.

All three are forged in the Serbian style. The blade is worked thick and wide, the flats are hammered by hand and the forge scale stays on. The butcher cleaver and the sheep foot cleaver are finished in hammer textured high carbon steel, so the dimpled surface you see is the actual record of the hammer. Each is forged on its own, so none is a copy of another.

Why high carbon steel

It takes a very fine edge and comes back quickly on a whetstone. The price of that edge is a little care. This steel is not a rust resistant alloy, so water left on the blade will mark it. Wash it, dry it, wipe on a light coat of oil, and it will be cutting long after the cutting board has given up.

Patina

With use the steel darkens to a grey or blue patina. That is normal for high carbon steel and it helps protect the blade. Red rust is a different thing, and it comes from a knife left wet.

• 3 hand forged cleavers: butcher, drop point and sheep foot
• 7.5", 8" and 7" blades
• High carbon steel, butcher and sheep foot blades hammer textured
• Full tang with multi pin construction
• Wenge, rosewood and black rosewood handles
• Raw textured forge finish

Specifications

• Classic Butcher Cleaver: 7.5" blade, 11.5" overall, 370g, hammer textured high carbon steel, wenge wood handle
• Drop Point Cleaver: 8" blade, 13" overall, hand forged high carbon steel, rosewood handle
• Sheep Foot Cleaver: 7" blade, 12" overall, 400g, hammer textured high carbon steel, black rosewood handle
• Construction: Full tang, multi pin
• Finish: Raw textured forge finish
• Warranty: Lifetime, against defects in materials and craftsmanship

• Classic butcher cleaver, 7.5" blade, 11.5" overall
• Drop point cleaver, 8" blade, 13" overall
• Sheep foot cleaver, 7" blade, 12" overall
• Lifetime warranty against defects in materials and craftsmanship

Each blade is forged by hand, so the forge texture, hammer marks and wood grain on yours will be its own.

Hand wash, dry right away and rub on a light coat of food safe oil. Keep them out of the dishwasher and never leave them soaking.

Every time you use it

• Hand wash it right after use and dry it straight away
• Wipe on a light coat of food safe oil before it goes away
• Cut on wood or plastic boards
• Touch up the edge on a whetstone when it starts to drag

Keep it away from

• The dishwasher, and a sink full of water overnight
• Glass, stone or metal cutting surfaces
• Prying, twisting or throwing

The full routine is in our high carbon steel knife care guide, and the edge work is in how to sharpen a meat cleaver.

Every Xcutlery knife is covered for life against defects in materials and craftsmanship. If a handle works loose from the tang, a pin comes free, or there is a flaw in the steel or the build that came from us, we repair or replace it free of charge.

It does not cover normal wear such as a dull edge, damage from misuse, or rust from the dishwasher or soaking. Slight differences in forge texture, hammer marks and wood grain are part of a handmade knife, not defects.

To make a claim, email sales@xcutlery.com (Australia: sales@xcutlery.com.au) with your order number and photos. Separately, you have 30 days from delivery to return an unused knife. Engraved and custom knives cannot be returned for a change of mind. Full terms are on the warranty page.

Will these cleavers cut through bone?
The edges are made to stand up to bone and cartilage, and the butcher cleaver's forward weight helps on joints. For thick marrow bones a saw is still the right tool.

Can I take them camping?
Yes. Dry them after use and oil them before packing up, since high carbon steel does not like staying wet.

What if I change my mind?
Unused knives can be returned within 30 days, and the lifetime warranty covers defects in materials and craftsmanship.

The three cleavers are made for breaking down big cuts at home or over a camp fire. To see how the set compares with our other three, read which knife set fits which cook.