Quality Cleaver that won't break the bank recommendations

[Attjack]

A billion Chinese cooks disagree.

[rickgregory]

For heavy, see my post. For light... unless you just really want one, they don't offer that much advantage over a sharp chef's knife so I've got nothing for you there.

[MBMorgan]

I don’t use it often ... but when I do, all the neighborhood moms seem to quickly bring their kids and small pets into the house ... 😎 ...

[Attjack]

Mosca I frequently use a scraper and a knife. I'm curious to see if I just start using just the cleaver instead.

[Mosca]

I picked up a good heavy cleaver for about $12 on Amazon. I use it only a couple times a year.

For a light cleaver, my sister gave this to me: https://lamsonproducts.com/collectio...etable-cleaver

It’s a little bit more than $50, but it’s a really nice tool.

[Mosca]

My sister bought me this, it is a damn good vegetable cleaver. It is also sold out, but comes back around pretty often.

https://lamsonproducts.com/collections/choppers-cleavers/products/chinese-vegetable-cleaver

[Troutman]

Actually here's the real Jerry Mathers (aka the "Beav") today. Bit long in the tooth....

[Troutman]

Is that the grow'd up Beav !!!???? Awesome !!!

[Skinsfan1311]

Heavy cleaver (meat cleaver)? Go to an Asian food store like 99 Ranch and get one from their cookware section. That's what I did and for something like $15 got a nice, sharp meat cleaver that I use to divide chickens in 2 and other things where I don't want to use my regular knives.

Light, Chinese cleaver (means for general use)... that's harder. What's your price range?

Both heavy and light.

Price range? Ideally, South of $50.00

[Skinsfan1311]

Thanks everyone!

[JoeSousa]

I got one of those for Christmas. Heavy and sturdy. Almost feels like I need to take it to the backyard and chop some firewood.

[klflowers]

When I bought the Dexter, there was a restaurant owner in the store. He told me one of his line cooks lost the tip of a finger to a Dexter. I almost put it back.

[bbqLuv]

Is that Ward Cleaver?
No, maybe not, just "Leave it to Beaver".

[Attjack]

[Flavorsavor]

x2 for the dexter. Be sure what you're looking for though; the dexter shown above is for chopping through tough cuts and bones, a chinese-style cleaver (shown further above) is sharper but more delicate, used for chopping, slicing, prepping, etc.
Edit: sorry just saw rickgregory said basically the same thing