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Cleaver

A simple cleaver from the Western Heartlands.

A cleaver, also known as a meat cleaver, was a type of large culinary knife often used alongside a chopping block.[1][2]

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The existence of meat cleavers on Toril dated back as far as the Netherese Empire, where they were common on Eileanar.[5]

The design of voulges were derived from peasants fastening meat cleavers to the ends of staves to form makeshift polearms.[6]

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The Red Larch had a sign hanging above its entrance depicting a piece of ham being cut by a cleaver.[20]

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  • Butcher's knife

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Rick Swan (1990). Test of the Samurai. (TSR, Inc), p. 84. ISBN 0-88038-775-0.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Jeff Grubb (August 1992). Land of Fate (Adventurer's Guide to Zakhara). (TSR, Inc), p. 117. ISBN 978-1560763291.
  3. Jeff Grubb, Julia Martin, Steven E. Schend et al (1992). Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue. (TSR, Inc), p. 61. ISBN 0-5607-6327-2.
  4. Jeff Grubb, Julia Martin, Steven E. Schend et al (1992). Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue. (TSR, Inc), p. 65. ISBN 0-5607-6327-2.
  5. Clayton Emery (November 1996). Dangerous Games. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 7. ISBN 0-7869-0524-7.
  6. Gary Gygax (August, 1985). Unearthed Arcana (1st edition). (TSR, Inc.), pp. 125–126. ISBN 0880380845.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Ed Greenwood (July 1995). Volo's Guide to Cormyr. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 155. ISBN 0-7869-0151-9.
  8. James Lowder (November 1992). The Ring of Winter. (TSR, Inc), chap. 1, p. 17. ISBN 978-1560763307.
  9. Ed Greenwood (April 2001–May 2003). Elminster Speaks archive (Zipped PDF). Elminster Speaks. Wizards of the Coast. pp. 31–32. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2016-09-03.
  10. David Cook (December 1993). Soldiers of Ice. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 11. ISBN 1-56076-641-7.
  11. Ed Greenwood (2006-15-03). Confession in Flavauro Slaying. Waterdeep News. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2009-21-03. Retrieved on 2023-14-02.
  12. Ed Greenwood (1993). Volo's Guide to the North. (TSR, Inc), p. 52. ISBN 1-5607-6678-6.
  13. Ed Greenwood (1993). Volo's Guide to the North. (TSR, Inc), p. 218. ISBN 1-5607-6678-6.
  14. Ed Greenwood (April 2002). Spellfire. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 1. ISBN 0-7869-1874-8.
  15. James Wyatt (September 2002). City of the Spider Queen. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 76. ISBN 0-7869-1212-X.
  16. Wolfgang Baur and Lester Smith (1994-07-01). “Monstrous Supplement”. In Michele Carter ed. Planes of Chaos (TSR, Inc), pp. 12–13. ISBN 1560768746.
  17. Ed Greenwood (1991). Halls of the High King. (TSR, Inc), p. 29.
  18. Pauli Kidd (November 1996). The Council of Blades. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 11, p. 260. ISBN 978-0786905317.
  19. Rick Swan (1994). Al-Qadim: Caravans: Adventure Book. (TSR, Inc), p. 49. ISBN 1-56076-903-3.
  20. Richard Baker, et al. (April 2015). Princes of the Apocalypse. Edited by Michele Carter, Stacy Janssen. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 26. ISBN 978-0-7869-6578-6.
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