This Mini Cleaver brings Slice® quality to a different kind of handheld cutting tool. Whether you’re cutting thin wires, lab samples, or manufacturing components, you’ll appreciate its hand feel. Slice designed a thicker handle with soft-touch overlay for a comfortable, sturdy grip. The Mini Cleaver has features like a lanyard hole and blade guard storage in the handle so it’s as convenient as it is robust. The 10497 comes with a rounded-tip utility blade and is compatible with our pointed-tip and serrated utility blades (10524, 10525, 10523 respectively). The advanced-ceramic blade features Slice’s proprietary finger-friendly® edge, which is safe to the touch and lasts up to 11 times longer than comparable steel blades. The chemically inert blade can be autoclaved and never rusts.