I'm an institutional cook, so I have big cutting jobs to do regularly and was looking for a large Bone Chopper that would laugh at things that a Bone Chopper for home use would whimper at. I bought this hoping it would be beefy enough to do what I asked it to do and was thrilled with how big and heavy this knife really is. The pictures and descriptions do not do it credit. I actually have a hatchet that is lighter than this thing.