This article is about the cooking utensil. For the enchanted battleaxe, see Meat 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]
Availability[]
- Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue sold cleavers at a cost of 8 silver pieces under its "Inn and Tavern" section,[3] as well as casting molds for cleavers at a cost of 7 silver pieces under its "Laborers' List" section.[4]
History[]
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]
Notable Users[]
Businesses[]
- Cleavers were a common tool of butchers and slaughterhouses, such as Alzael's Cleaver in Immersea.[7]
- Black Rat, a tavern in Suzail.[8]
- Whistling Wizard.[9]
Groups[]
- The Vani, a tribe of gnomes living in the Samek Valley, utilized meat cleavers.[10]
Individuals[]
- Alzael, the operator of Alzael's Cleaver.[7]
- Armest Harrigo, a grocer in Waterdeep.[11]
- Cookie, the ogre chef of The Overinn.[12][13]
- Delgara Dauntsword was an expert with the cleaver,[14] having frequently utilized it as a weapon back during her days of piracy.[15]
- Gorstag, the innkeeper of The Rising Moon.[16]
- Stamkk, a bugbear chef.[17]
- Sull
Races & Sentient Creatures[]
- Ysgardian dwarves often forged and sold cleavers to Ysgardian trolls.[18]
Regions & Settlements[]
- Baldur's Gate
- Moonshae Isles.[19]
- Sumbria.[20]
- Wa.[1]
- Zakhara.[2][21]
Trivia[]
The Red Larch had a sign hanging above its entrance depicting a piece of ham being cut by a cleaver.[22]
Appendix[]
See Also[]
- Butcher's knife
Appearances[]
Adventures
Into the Forgotten Realms • Test of the Samurai • Halls of the High King • Dungeon #29, "Nymph's Reward" • City of the Spider Queen • Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Novels & Short Stories
Spellfire • The Ring of Winter • Dangerous Games • Soldiers of Ice • The Council of Blades • Master of Chains • Mistshore • Spider and Stone
Referenced only
The Fanged Crown
The Fanged Crown
Comics
Video Games
Organized Play & Licensed Adventures
Gallery[]
Beardmere prepares to chop off a thief's fingers with his cleaver for stealing from him.
Priam Agrivar lunges at Sandusk with a cleaver. but the leprechaun transforms it into a set of flowers using polymorph any object
One of the Sons of Alagondar lunges at Lord Neverember's soldiers with a cleaver.
Thrakkus the Butcher wielding his signature massive cleaver.
A cleaver rests lodged into a cutting board alongside other kitchen knives.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rick Swan (1990). Test of the Samurai. (TSR, Inc), p. 84. ISBN 0-88038-775-0.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jeff Grubb (August 1992). Land of Fate (Adventurer's Guide to Zakhara). (TSR, Inc), p. 117. ISBN 978-1560763291.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb, Julia Martin, Steven E. Schend et al (1992). Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue. (TSR, Inc), p. 61. ISBN 0-5607-6327-2.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb, Julia Martin, Steven E. Schend et al (1992). Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue. (TSR, Inc), p. 65. ISBN 0-5607-6327-2.
- ↑ Clayton Emery (November 1996). Dangerous Games. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 7. ISBN 0-7869-0524-7.
- ↑ Gary Gygax (August, 1985). Unearthed Arcana (1st edition). (TSR, Inc.), pp. 125–126. ISBN 0880380845.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ James Lowder (November 1992). The Ring of Winter. (TSR, Inc), chap. 1, p. 17. ISBN 978-1560763307.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ David Cook (December 1993). Soldiers of Ice. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 11. ISBN 1-56076-641-7.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Jean Rabe & Skip Williams (September 1989). Counterfeit Dreams. Living City (RPGA), p. 38.
- ↑ Skip Williams, Jean Rabe (November 1989). “Counterfeit Dreams”. In Jean Rabe ed. Polyhedron #50 (TSR, Inc.), p. 36.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (1993). Volo's Guide to the North. (TSR, Inc), p. 52. ISBN 1-5607-6678-6.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (1993). Volo's Guide to the North. (TSR, Inc), p. 218. ISBN 1-5607-6678-6.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (April 2002). Spellfire. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 1. ISBN 0-7869-1874-8.
- ↑ James Wyatt (September 2002). City of the Spider Queen. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 76. ISBN 0-7869-1212-X.
- ↑ Wolfgang Baur and Lester Smith (1994-07-01). “Monstrous Supplement”. In Michele Carter ed. Planes of Chaos (TSR, Inc), pp. 12–13. ISBN 1560768746.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (1991). Halls of the High King. (TSR, Inc), p. 29.
- ↑ Pauli Kidd (November 1996). The Council of Blades. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 11, p. 260. ISBN 978-0786905317.
- ↑ Rick Swan (1994). Al-Qadim: Caravans: Adventure Book. (TSR, Inc), p. 49. ISBN 1-56076-903-3.
- ↑ 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.