Obliterator Cleaver Knife XL | Valhalla Series | Dalstrong ©

Absolute Powerhouse !!!

This thing is wickedly awesome !! The look the feel , its a touch on the heavy side but performs like a beast! Super sharp and it just looks great ! Right next to my Valhalla Axe !! Another great tool for the kitchen . And don't get me started on the robust sheath that comes with it ! The craftsmanship is top-tier all the way , if I could give it 10 stars I would ! I've chopped ribs , my own rib-eye steaks ,even watermelon and pineapples, all with ease . . .

I bought the Dalstrong Obliterator Cleaver as a Christmas gift for my dying grandfather. I wanted something meaningful—something high quality, something that actually lived up to what it claimed to be. Instead, what I gave him was a completely dull knife. Dalstrong advertises this cleaver as “surgically sharp. ” That’s not even close to reality. It couldn’t cut ribs, couldn’t get through a watermelon—nothing. It was useless straight out of the box. I reached out to customer support thinking they’d take this seriously given the situation. They didn’t. Their solution? A $75 gift card toward another knife or a refund. No effort to fix the problem. No accountability. Just a quick attempt to move on. So I had to spend $200 out of my own pocket just to get it sharpened into something usable. Let me be clear—the cleaver design itself is solid. But a knife that shows up dull, after being marketed as “surgically sharp,” is a complete failure where it actually matters. This wasn’t just a bad purchase—it ruined what was supposed to be a meaningful gift. I will never buy from Dalstrong again. I’ll also be filing a complaint with the Attorney General’s office and exploring further action. Companies don’t get to hide behind marketing while delivering something completely different.

So far I have used for huge water melons, no problems anymore, we do alot of fruit trays where I work.