Cleaver

A cleaver, also known as a meat cleaver, was a type of large culinary knife often used alongside a chopping block.
==Availability==
* Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue sold cleavers at a cost of 8 silver pieces under its "Inn and Tavern" section, as well as casting molds for cleavers at a cost of 7 silver pieces under its "Laborers' List" section.
==History==
The existence of meat cleavers on Toril dated back as far as the Netherese Empire, where they were common on Eileanar.
The design of voulges were derived from peasants fastening meat cleavers to the ends of staves to form makeshift polearms.
==Notable Users==
===Businesses===
* Cleavers were a common tool of butchers and slaughterhouses, such as Alzael's Cleaver in Immersea.
* Black Rat, a tavern in Suzail.
* Whistling Wizard.
===Groups===
* The Vani, a tribe of gnomes living in the Samek Valley, utilized meat cleavers.
===Individuals===
* Alzael, the operator of Alzael's Cleaver.
* Armest Harrigo, a grocer in Waterdeep.
* Delgara Dauntsword was an expert with the cleaver, having frequently utilized it as a weapon back during her days of piracy.
* Gorstag, the innkeeper of The Rising Moon.
* Stamkk, a bugbear chef.
* Sull
===Races & Sentient Creatures===
* Ysgardian dwarves often forged and sold cleavers to Ysgardian trolls.
===Regions & Settlements===
* Baldur's Gate
* Moonshae Isles.
* Sumbria.
* Wa.
* Zakhara.
==Trivia==
The Red Larch had a sign hanging above its entrance depicting a piece of ham being cut by a cleaver.
==Appendix==
===See Also===
* Butcher's knife
===Appearances===
===Gallery===
Beardmere.png|Beardmere prepares to chop off a thief's fingers with his cleaver for stealing from him.
PolymorphAnyObject-Comic.png|Priam Agrivar lunges at Sandusk with a cleaver. but the leprechaun transforms it into a set of flowers using polymorph any object
Sons of Alagondar.jpg|One of the Sons of Alagondar lunges at Lord Neverember's soldiers with a cleaver.
Thrakkus-the-butcher mtg.png|Thrakkus the Butcher wielding his signature massive cleaver.
Knife collection.jpg|A cleaver rests lodged into a cutting board alongside other kitchen knives.
===References===
Category:Knives
Category:Utensils
Category:Cookware
Category:Items
Category:Items from Baldur's Gate
Category:Items from Moonhaven
Category:Items from the Sword Coast
Category:Items from the Western Heartlands
Category:Items from the Eastern Heartlands
Category:Items from Cormyr
Category:Items from the Dalelands
Category:Items from Netheril
Category:Items from Eileanar
Category:Items from Faerûn
Category:Items from Northeast Faerûn
Category:Items from West Faerûn
Category:Items from Interior Faerûn
Category:Items from Immersea
Category:Items from Suzail
Category:Items from Toril
Category:Items from Kara-Tur
Category:Items from Wa
Category:Items from Waterdeep
Category:Items from the Sword Coast North
Category:Items from Ysgard
Category:Items from Zakhara