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Question: How wide is the slot for the cleaver (the widest slot)?
Document: I recently bought a Kramer knife that is 2 3/8" wide at the handle. I was hoping, partly based on the reviews, that this block would accommodate it -- in addition to my cleaver. No such luck -- the slots other than the cleaver slot are only about 2 1/8" wide. If your knives fit in this dimension, it's a very nice block, but I wish the descriptions would give the slot widths.
I bought this block because I received a Shun Classic 7.5" Santoku and was looking to purchase more Shun knives. I figured a Shun block would fit their own knives, but none of the slots other than the cleaver slot (which is 2x too wide for it) will accommodate the Santoku.I'm returning the block, but if the knife fit it'd a nice looking block and I'd be keeping it. Make sure you know the dimensions of the slots beforehand.
The now modified two slots fit the largest of the Edo knives perfectly. I use the cleaver slot for the Edo sushi single edge knife. I also modified the 6 steak knife slots as the Edo steak knives are wider than standard. I just used the same tool to cut down by about 1/4 inch and now my steak knives fit perfectly! The new modified block now fits my entire Shun Edo collection of 19 knives and it looks much better on the counter than the original wide Edo block.
This is a wonderful product! I have accumulated many knives of various sizes and shapes and this has slots for everything. Some of my knives are too wide for other blocks, and this has several very wide and deep slots. None of my knives extend out the bottom (as they do in other blocks) and none get hung up in narrow slots. There is even a place for my cleaver.
All are in the block, along with my ceramic sharpening rod and a pair of Kershaw Shears.The slots were wide enough for all of my knives except one. After filling all the other slots, I had one knife left over, the Wusthof 6-inch Chef's Knife. It's 1-9/16 inches wide at the hilt, but the last remaining slot was only 1-1/2 inches wide.
These cracks also weren't as wide as the crack on the first one. In addition to the cracks, this one also had a dent a few mm in diameter in the top left corner (by the honing rod slot). These are slight nuisances but are not so bothersome as the large crack in the first one. As such I plan to keep this one.Slot widths:(I won't make any garauntees on my accuracy)5 slots are 2 1/8 in.
I loved this knife block. It is compact and has lots of slots that are deep and wide (refer to a previous review for slot sizes). I had tried the cutco knife block, large one because I have a lot of cutco knives but I found the block had a lot of wasted space for slots and was just way too large for my countertop. This one spaces the slots closer together so it is smaller and yet fits all my knives.
Wanted a block with a slot large enough for the cleaver yet also versatile enough to fit the rest of our collection. This was the ticket! Holds the honing blade, shears, and a broad assortment of chef's knifes down to paring and steak knives.
It's a block of wood with slots cut into it. It's not going to change your world. However, they did a good job picking the size, number and placement of the slots. Big slot holds a cleaver, and there's enough slots to hold the hodgepodge of knives I've accumulated over the years. Good job, slot engineers.
If I end up getting a cleaver, I will probably take a power drill to the block so my Santoku fits in one of the other slots. the only other thing is that the honing rod slot is too close to the kitchen shears slot. A have theShun Sharpening Steeland theKershaw Taskmaster Shears, and they fight for the same space so that the shears must sit crooked. This isn't a big deal; it just doesn't look so nice.
Answer: The cleaver slot on mine is 3 15/16 inches wide.  If you have a wider cleaver than that you can carefully cut through the wood barrier on the right side of the slot into the next slot for a total of 5 1/4 inches.