I love love cleavers.....it's like my lefthand...being that it was the only knife in the household when I was young.

One of these days..and hopefully this year, I will get around to measuring out my cleavers. I plan to have my artisian make me a block just to hold all my cleavers... ;-)


Back to the the OP, as well, while not cookware related, but utensil related, I would start still with the local rest. supply and also look at utensils that are NSF rated for hygenic purposes.

Long story short, while the Rosle, WMF stuff looks all nice and pretty at your local houseware store, the cylinders are not sealed. so while the top and bottom *caps* close the cylinder handles on these...IMO, when you throw them in the dishwasher and stuff, water IMO seeps into these cylinders and create a ~unhygenic~ atmosphere. YMMW but this is my opinion at least...