cookiecrafter
Senior Cook
I'm sorta embrassed to tell you this. I bought a small household saw at the dollar store to aid in cutting the turkey carcus where my shears could not cut. I trimmed and prettied up the mess with my shears.
New Poultry Shears
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That sounds like a good idea.
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Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
Not a bad idea. You can buy a kitchen saw for just that purpose. If the bones won't succumb to the shears, I have a cleaver that works great.
cookiecrafter
Senior Cook
I bought a cleaver some years back. It is very thick and blunt. Cannot find anyone to sharpen it. The lawnmower sharpening guy even said no. I use it as a pretty.
A friend was in Chicago at her brother's. She mentioned that he took his knives to a professional knife sharpening place. Somewhere downtown. I googled it to see if a name would ring a bell for me, but nothing jogged it. There are several listed though, perhaps you could phone them. I'm sure they would do cleavers, they are, after all, knives!
But.... might be pricey!
But.... might be pricey!
Is it a meat cleaver? Is it a Chinese cleaver? Unless it was expensive, and if you still would like to use it, why not just have a go at it with a sharpening stone? If you don't know how, I'm sure there are YouTube videos showing how.
pepperhead212
Executive Chef
I have a couple of meat cleavers - thicker than the Chinese type, that are used more for slicing and chopping, and really aren't meant for chopping through bone. The heavy weight of those meat cleavers take them through the bones - I have a large, plastic cutting board that I use one side for, when chopping through bones. That side is permanently scarred from the cleavers going through the bones, and into the board! I use this mostly for chopping spareribs to bite size, for Chinese recipes. They splinter poultry bones, so if used for those, they have to be picked over, carefully. But poultry shears can splinter them, too - just have to be careful.
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Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
Final report: I used the shears on an 18.5 pounder this morning. They did a great job. Granted a lot of force was needed because large turkeys have thick bones but the shears were up to the job. It would have been easier if I had more strength in my hands but it got the job done. No way my old kitchen shears were up to this task. Well worth the money.
Now let’s see how the turkey turns out. . .
Now let’s see how the turkey turns out. . .
Cooking Goddess
Chef Extraordinaire
Thanks for the update, @Andy M. I will add this to my Christmas wish list for Himself...which he'll probably ignore...and then buy myself a pair in January. 
And your turkey will be its regular delicious self - except cooked faster since it's spatchcocked. Enjoy!
And your turkey will be its regular delicious self - except cooked faster since it's spatchcocked. Enjoy!
Thanks for the update Andy.
