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What is this?
Wikipedia's article for Kitchen knife says that a butcher knife is the same thing as a cleaver. But this article for butcher knife and Wikipedia's article for cleaver both imply that they're different. Although they don't say how they're different. I've seen some things elsewhere that seem to imply that a chef's knife is the same thing as a butcher knife. I think that's wrong, although the confusion might be aided by the fact that this article for butcher knife shows a picture of a chef's knife, but doesn't show a picture of a normal butcher knife. Someone probably ought to clarify this. - 2603:9000:E408:4800:8916:13E8:32FF:785A (talk) 01:50, 25 June 2020 (UTC)


 * There's another potential source of confusion in the fact that different names often apply to the same tool, and conversely that the same name often applies to different tools, depending on where the writer is from and how old they are.


 * I know of two different knives often called "cleaver", one (a very thick heavy knife) applicable to butchering, and the other (a much thinner lighter one) applicable to ordinary Asian kitchens and nothing to do with butchering; it appears that the writer of that section is simply not aware that the butcher's cleaver is a different thing, because they've described the Chinese kitchen knife instead. TooManyFingers (talk) 05:54, 31 December 2020 (UTC)


 * You two are completely right. A French chef's knife is unrelated to the English bullnose butcher knives this article concerns. Part of the problem is that it is difficult to find any images of a proper butcher knife on the wikimedia commons. - Hunan201p (talk) 21:36, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

Photo?
No photo of a typical butcher knife (or cleaver)? Drsruli (talk) 23:34, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Also, of course, a photo of a carving knife (or carving set) does not belong on this page. The carvingware (as shown) is for use of carving at the table. (i.e., cutting precise slices of cooked meats) Butcher knife is for use in the kitchen (or as described, by a butcher). Drsruli (talk) 23:33, 28 May 2022 (UTC)