Sugimoto is well know and reputable kitchen knife maker and especially famous for the practical Chinese Cleaver.

From an experienced craftsman’s viewpoint, Sugimoto’s traditional handcrafting methods and their custom convex edge geometry, their hand-sharpening are the secrets to their outstanding cutting performance.

Since we first started to offer the Sugimoto Chinese Cleavers, over 10 years ago, our professional customers have praised them for their fine cutting performance and quality.

We often receive requests and inquires about small, easy to maintain, high-quality Chinese Cleavers, so we recently decided to begin selling the Sugimoto CM-4030 Small Chinese Cleaver, with Special Stainless Steel blade.

The blade is made with a special stainless steel, which provides very good cutting performance, edge retention and rust resistance.

The handle is crafted from solid Rosewood, selected for its natural strength and durability. Its slightly thick, rounded profile is designed to suit the grip and weight balance of a Chinese Cleaver — providing a secure, comfortable hold even during extended use.

The Sugimoto CM-4030 Chinese Cleaver is the smaller size with lighter than standard for comfortable balance and weight.

The Chinese Cleaver is a highly versatile general-purpose kitchen knife that can be used to slice, chop, mince, scrape, and even crush ingredients. The tall blade of the Chinese Cleaver enables it to be safely guided with the knuckles of your free hand when 'tap chopping’, ‘push cutting’, or ‘pull cutting’. This makes it possible to cut large fruit and vegetables, such as cabbages, easily and safely.

Knife Model: Sugimoto Small Size Stainless Steel Chinese Cleaver

Blade Material:  Special Stainless Steel

Rockwell Hardness (HRc): 

Blade Grind and Edge Shape: Double Bevel Edge 50/50

Handle Material: Solid Rosewood Handle

Saya Included: No.

This knife comes with 50/50 double bevel edge geometry for both right and left handed use.

For your information, Japanese Kitchen knives are generally designed for right hand use with a slightly thicker and rounded grinding on the right side blade and a less rounded (almost straight flat) grinding on the left side blade. However, both right and left hander can use the knives that have double bevel edge sharpened 50/50 without problems.  

We believe quality and performance of Japanese knives are best in the world and hope you enjoy the fine craftsmanship and spirits from your new knife. With proper cares, every Japanese knife can be your special cooking partner for a long time.

Important

This is the Stainless steel blade kitchen knife, which has good rust resistance for easy maintenance. However even stainless steel blade kitchen knife has rust situation if you leave it with wet condition.

• Before starting to use the knife, please wash it with water for cleaning up.
• Please do not put this knife in the dishwasher, please hand wash.
• Please do not leave this knife in water or wet condition for a long time.
• After using, please hand wash it and wipe it clean and dry with soft clothes. (Includes bolster and handle part)
• This is an extremely sharp knife. Please use special cares in using and storing it.
• Unlike German made knives, Japanese knife blades are ground to thin cutting edge for sharper cutting and easier re-sharpening. Please protect the edge from hitting hard materials to avoid chipping or cracking.
• Please do not use it to cut bone or frozen foods, hard foods such as lobster and crab which have hard surface.
• *e recommend re-sharpening the knife using Japanese whetstones, when it gets dull.