Why is there usually a hole in the blade of meat cleavers?
I just read the wiki page and it doesn’t really go into detail.
Anybody know why there is usually a hole in the blade of meat cleavers?
Most of them (even antique/vintage) seem that the hole was put in after the blade itself was made, cut or drilled.
What is its purpose?
This is blue-sky thinking for the heck of it. You could enable hanging by drilling a hole in the handle or by attaching a loop to the handle. My notion is that the hole might serve to break a vacuum caused around the blade by its embedding – thus making removal easier. The notion was inspired by experience of chopping logs. It’s a darn sight harder to get the axe out than it is to drive it in.
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