THE STORY BEHIND THE BLADE

Why We Created the Cleaver Behind Our Viral Cooking Videos

For years, you’ve watched us cook over open fires, prepare huge cuts of meat and turn simple ingredients into meals in the middle of the forest.
 

And through almost every chop, slice and sizzle, there has been one unmistakable blade in our hands.
 

Our cleaver.

It has helped us prepare more meals than we could ever count, and one question kept appearing in the comments:
“Where can I get that knife?”
 

The truth is, we didn’t create it just to launch another product.
 

We created it because we wanted one knife that could handle the way we actually cook.

Powerful enough for outdoor cooking.
 

Controlled enough for everyday preparation.
 

Versatile enough to stay beside us from the first chop to the final plate.
 

That knife became the Men With The Pot Special Edition Cleaver.

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Most Knives Weren’t Made for the Way We Cook

Cooking outdoors asks a lot from a knife.
 

One minute, we’re working with a large cut of meat.
 

The next, we’re slicing vegetables, crushing garlic, chopping herbs or scooping ingredients from the board and moving them straight to the fire.
 

A traditional chef’s knife can feel too delicate for that kind of cooking.
 

A heavy cleaver can feel too bulky for controlled, everyday preparation.
 

We wanted something that could do both.
 

A knife with the strength and presence of a cleaver, but with the balance and control needed to prepare an entire meal.
 

Instead of switching between different knives, we wanted one blade we could keep beside us throughout the whole cooking process.
 

So we decided to create it ourselves.

We Didn’t Just Put Our Name on an Existing Knife

We designed this cleaver around the way we actually cook.
 

It had to feel powerful beside a fire, but still make sense in a normal home kitchen.
 

It needed to handle larger ingredients without feeling awkward when we moved on to smaller, more precise preparation.
 

Most importantly, it had to be something we would genuinely use.
 

Not a knife made only for a product photograph.
 

Not a blade we would hold once for an advertisement and then put away.
 

A real cooking tool that could become part of every meal we prepared.
 

Since then, similar-looking copies have appeared online.
 

But they are not the original knife we designed, use in our videos and stand behind.
 

When you order the Men With The Pot Special Edition Cleaver from us, you are getting the original design created for the way we cook, backed by our 99-day home trial and lifetime manufacturing warranty.

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4.9

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20,000+ Reviews

Over 40,000 knives sold

Rated 4.8 out of 5

96% of reviewers recommend it

GET THE ORIGINAL CLEAVER

Why It Looks Different From an Ordinary Kitchen Knife

The shape may be the first thing you notice.
 

But every part of it has a purpose.

 

The Power of a Cleaver

The wide blade gives the knife the presence and stability we wanted when preparing steaks, larger cuts of meat and substantial ingredients.

 

The Control of an Everyday Knife

We didn’t want an oversized blade that only came out for one job.

 

Its controlled profile makes it useful for everyday slicing, chopping and food preparation.

 

Solid, Full-Tang Construction

The steel continues through the handle, helping the knife feel strong, balanced and secure in your hand.

 

German Stainless Steel

The blade is made from German stainless steel for the sharpness, durability and reliability we expect from a knife that gets used again and again.

 

Natural Acacia Wood Handle

The acacia wood handle gives the cleaver its rugged character, while the natural grain makes every knife slightly different.

 

Made for Indoors and Outdoors

Although it was inspired by the way we cook outside, it was never designed only for the forest.

 

Use it in your kitchen, beside the barbecue, at the campsite or anywhere a good meal is being prepared.

It Looks Like a Beast. It Works Like an Everyday Knife

We know the shape can look intimidating at first.

 

But this was never meant to be a blade that sits on display or only comes out for one specialised job.

 

Its real strength is versatility.

 

We use it to:

  • Slice steaks and larger cuts of meat
  • Chop vegetables
  • Prepare herbs
  • Crush garlic and spices
  • Scoop ingredients from the chopping board
  • Transfer food directly into a pan or onto the fire
  • Prepare complete meals indoors or outdoors

The wide blade gives it strength and presence, while its balanced design keeps it useful throughout the entire cooking process.

 

Instead of reaching for several different knives, this is the blade we can keep beside us from the beginning of the meal to the end.

 

That simplicity is exactly what we wanted when we created it.

You’ve Already Seen Us Put It to Work

This is not a knife that was created in a boardroom and handed to us afterwards.

 

It was designed around the way we cook.

 

And you’ve watched us use it across our viral videos—beside the fire, on heavy wooden chopping blocks and in the middle of real meal preparation.

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It has become part of the Men With The Pot experience.

 

The sound of the blade hitting the board.

 

The wide edge scooping up freshly chopped ingredients.

 

The first slice through a perfectly cooked steak.

 

For us, it isn’t simply something that appears in the videos.

 

It is one of the tools that helped shape them.

Then Our Community Wanted One Too

The more we used the cleaver, the more people began noticing it.

 

You asked what it was.

 

You asked where we found it.

 

And most importantly, you asked where you could get one for yourself.

 

That’s when we realised the blade had become more than one of our cooking tools.

 

It had become part of Men With The Pot.

 

Since then, more than 40,000 knives have been sold.

 

They’re rated 4.8 out of 5 stars, and 96% of reviewers say they would recommend the product.

 

But the most important thing to us is that these knives are not simply being collected.

 

They’re being used.

 

In home kitchens.

 

At family barbecues.

 

On camping trips.

 

And beside fires all over the world.

The Reviews Say It All.

These are just some of the thousands of 5-star reviews I saw:

Designed by Us. Made to Be Used by You.

We created this cleaver for people who enjoy the process of cooking.

 

People who appreciate the feeling of a proper tool in their hands.

 

People who would rather prepare a meal carefully than rush through it.

 

And people who know good food becomes even better when it brings everyone together.

 

You may not be cooking in our forest.

 

You may not be standing beside the same fire.

 

But you can prepare your next meal with the blade that has become part of so many of ours.

The Men With The Pot Special Edition Cleaver

The original cleaver designed for the way we cook.

  • Designed by Men With The Pot
  • German stainless-steel blade
  • Full-tang construction
  • Natural acacia wood handle
  • Made for indoor and outdoor cooking
  • Suitable for meat, vegetables, herbs and everyday preparation
  • Backed by a 99-day home trial
  • Lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects

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Plus, get a FREE Men With The Pot cookbook with your order.

 

Bring our recipes, our cooking inspiration and the cleaver behind our viral videos into your own kitchen.

Try It in Your Own Kitchen for 99 Days

 

A knife shouldn’t be judged from a product photograph.

 

It should be judged on the chopping board.

 

Use the cleaver in your own kitchen.

 

Feel the weight.

 

Test the balance.

 

Prepare the meals you normally cook.

 

And see whether it becomes the knife you keep reaching for.

 

Your order is backed by a 99-day home trial and a lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects.