十八子·鸣锋 Chinese Precision Cleaver
十八子·鸣锋 Chinese Precision Cleaver
- 10-year warranty
- 60-day return policy
- Two-point quality control
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Mingfeng 鸣锋 – The Singing Edge
From the city of blades, where tradition runs deep and steel meets skill.
Crafted in Yangjiang, a coastal region in southern China with over 1,400 years of blade-making heritage, this Chinese cleaver reflects the precision and pride of a place known as the knife capital of China. For generations, Yangjiang’s blacksmiths have forged tools trusted by home cooks and professional chefs alike.
This is a cleaver shaped for rhythm, not brute strength — a blade built for the daily dance of chopping, slicing, and refining. With a thin, responsive edge and graceful balance, it excels in preparing vegetables, boneless meats, herbs, and aromatics with clarity and control. It’s the kind of knife that invites precision — and rewards it with flow.
Forged from three layers of stainless steel, including an 80Cr13 high-carbon core, this blade offers exceptional edge retention and durability. The outer layers of softer stainless steel add toughness and corrosion resistance — a union of sharpness and strength. The blade undergoes vacuum heat treatment for optimal mechanical performance, and features a wire-drawn, non-stick finish that resists food buildup and cleans easily.
The handle is shaped from rich rosewood — smooth, secure, and naturally resistant to cold and moisture. It sits comfortably in the hand, helping prevent fatigue and ensuring control even in longer prep sessions.
Though traditional in profile, this cleaver is anything but ordinary. Its wide blade makes quick work of herbs, vegetables, and boneless meats, while doubling effortlessly as a scoop or garlic crusher. Designed for precision and flow, it’s a trusted companion in both home and professional kitchens — where control matters more than weight.
Key Features:
- Blade length: approx. 205 mm
- Total length: approx. 310 mm
- Blade height: approx. 87 mm
- Weight: approx. 318 g
- Spine thickness at heel: approx. 2.36 mm
- Steel composition: 80Cr13 high-carbon core with 10Cr17 stainless cladding
- Hardness: 58–59 HRC
- Edge angle: 15–20° double bevel
- Handle: Full-tang rosewood with ergonomic grooves
- Blade finish: Wire-drawn with non-stick coating
- Balance point: Forward-biased for efficient slicing
- Forged in: Yangjiang, China’s knife-making capital
Note: Weights and dimensions may vary slightly due to natural wood grain and hand-finishing.
A Note on Usage
Although this knife carries the shape of a cleaver — a form which in Western kitchens is often associated with force and bone-splitting — it is crafted for precision. This is a Chinese cleaver in the culinary sense: a fine-edged tool designed for clean, controlled cuts.
Using it on bones, frozen foods, or other hard materials may stress the edge and cause minor damage, such as small chips along the blade that compromise its primary purpose: clarity and flow at the cutting board.
For heavy-duty tasks, we recommend our power cleaver offering, purpose-built for brute force.
FORGED, THEN PERFECTED
The forging may shape the steel — but it’s what comes after that defines the blade. Each knife is honed to a fine, exacting edge and tested for true sharpness by artisans in Yangjiang — masters of their craft, and stewards of precision.
Each knife leaves with intention — shaped, sharpened, and approved by those who know what a blade should be, through a two-step quality assurance process in independent hands, across two cities of craft.
BLADE ORIGINS
Every knife offered by FENGRAI begins in Yangjiang — the legendary city of blades, set along the southern coast of Guangdong province. For over a thousand years, this region has shaped steel with quiet mastery. To own a knife from Yangjiang is to carry a piece of living tradition — one that still cuts with purpose, pride, and heritage.
FROM THE FORGE TO YOUR HANDS
From the workshops of Yangjiang, each knife follows a deliberate path — shaped, sharpened, and inspected with care before it leaves the country that made it.
Through quiet checkpoints and trusted hands, it travels not just across miles, but across meaning — staying close to its story, until it reaches yours.
It’s a slower way. But for a blade shaped by tradition, it’s the only way that feels true.
10-YEAR WARRANTY
THE PRICE OF INTEGRITY
慢工出细活 — slow work yields fine craft.
In China, mastery is not rushed. Neither is trust.
We don’t run sales. We don’t play urgency games. No inflated prices designed just to be discounted later. Just the quiet honesty of a fair offer, from the start.
A knife forged with patience should be sold with the same. No pressure. No tricks. No fear of missing out.
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