diff --git a/data/json/itemgroups/SUS/domestic.json b/data/json/itemgroups/SUS/domestic.json
index ea60131e417c3..b20e9b30726d5 100644
--- a/data/json/itemgroups/SUS/domestic.json
+++ b/data/json/itemgroups/SUS/domestic.json
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
       {
         "distribution": [
           { "item": "knife_large", "variant": "knife_chef", "prob": 10 },
-          { "item": "knife_vegetable_cleaver", "prob": 3 }
+          { "item": "knife_cleaver", "variant": "knife_vegetable_cleaver", "prob": 3 }
         ]
       },
       { "item": "knife_small", "variant": "knife_paring" },
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
       {
         "distribution": [
           { "item": "knife_huge", "variant": "knife_butcher", "prob": 10 },
-          { "item": "knife_meat_cleaver", "prob": 10 }
+          { "item": "knife_cleaver", "variant": "knife_meat_cleaver", "prob": 10 }
         ],
         "prob": 65
       },
diff --git a/data/json/itemgroups/collections_domestic.json b/data/json/itemgroups/collections_domestic.json
index 6da6fe6f3e995..554ca91a49537 100644
--- a/data/json/itemgroups/collections_domestic.json
+++ b/data/json/itemgroups/collections_domestic.json
@@ -97,13 +97,13 @@
       [ "corkscrew", 10 ],
       [ "peeler", 15 ],
       [ "brush", 15 ],
-      [ "knife_meat_cleaver", 10 ],
-      [ "knife_vegetable_cleaver", 10 ],
       { "item": "knife_small", "variant": "knife_paring", "prob": 25 },
       { "item": "knife_large", "variant": "knife_bread", "prob": 20 },
       { "item": "knife_large", "variant": "knife_chef", "prob": 20 },
       { "item": "knife_large", "variant": "knife_carving", "prob": 20 },
       { "item": "knife_huge", "variant": "knife_butcher", "prob": 10 },
+      { "item": "knife_cleaver", "variant": "knife_meat_cleaver", "prob": 10 },
+      { "item": "knife_cleaver", "variant": "knife_vegetable_cleaver", "prob": 10 },
       [ "cutting_board", 20 ],
       [ "bottle_opener", 15 ],
       [ "mortar_pestle", 10 ]
diff --git a/data/json/items/tool/knives.json b/data/json/items/tool/knives.json
index 2a417a10569b7..5ec4755ef3be3 100644
--- a/data/json/items/tool/knives.json
+++ b/data/json/items/tool/knives.json
@@ -99,6 +99,35 @@
     "weapon_category": [ "KNIVES" ],
     "melee_damage": { "bash": 2, "stab": 14 }
   },
+  {
+    "id": "knife_cleaver",
+    "name": { "str": "cleaver" },
+    "type": "TOOL",
+    "variants": [
+      {
+        "id": "knife_meat_cleaver",
+        "name": { "str": "meat cleaver" },
+        "description": "A menacing-looking knife with a broad, square-shaped blade.  Its heft and sharpness would make it a very effective melee weapon and an excellent butchering tool.",
+        "ascii_picture": "knife_meat_cleaver"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "knife_vegetable_cleaver",
+        "name": { "str": "vegetable cleaver" },
+        "description": "A menacing-looking knife with a broad, square shaped blade, curved for fast vegetable chopping.  Its heft and sharpness make it a decent weapon as well, although not as good as a meat cleaver.",
+        "ascii_picture": "knife_vegetable_cleaver"
+      }
+    ],
+    "copy-from": "base_kitchen_knife",
+    "weight": "450 g",
+    "volume": "1 L",
+    "longest_side": "30 cm",
+    "price": "35 USD",
+    "price_postapoc": "50 cent",
+    "to_hit": { "grip": "weapon", "length": "short", "surface": "line", "balance": "neutral" },
+    "qualities": [ [ "CUT", 2 ], [ "BUTCHER", 25 ] ],
+    "flags": [ "SHEATH_KNIFE", "ALLOWS_BODY_BLOCK" ],
+    "melee_damage": { "bash": 6, "cut": 16 }
+  },
   {
     "id": "copper_knife",
     "type": "TOOL",
diff --git a/data/json/monsterdrops/zombie_survivor.json b/data/json/monsterdrops/zombie_survivor.json
index d173ff9755104..b371f4974650f 100644
--- a/data/json/monsterdrops/zombie_survivor.json
+++ b/data/json/monsterdrops/zombie_survivor.json
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
       { "item": "knife_small", "variant": "knife_steak", "prob": 35 },
       { "group": "knife_rambo_cont", "prob": 15 },
       [ "knife_hunting", 10 ],
-      [ "knife_meat_cleaver", 10 ]
+      { "item": "knife_cleaver", "variant": "knife_meat_cleaver", "prob": 10 }
     ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/data/json/npcs/island_prison/prisoners.json b/data/json/npcs/island_prison/prisoners.json
index 6f1f74f933000..cdc576b439075 100644
--- a/data/json/npcs/island_prison/prisoners.json
+++ b/data/json/npcs/island_prison/prisoners.json
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@
     "items": [
       [ "baton-extended", 50 ],
       [ "PR24-retracted", 50 ],
-      [ "knife_meat_cleaver", 30 ],
       { "item": "knife_small", "variant": "knife_steak", "prob": 30 },
       { "item": "knife_large", "variant": "knife_chef", "prob": 30 },
       { "item": "knife_small", "variant": "knife_paring", "prob": 30 },
       { "item": "knife_huge", "variant": "knife_butcher", "prob": 30 },
+      { "item": "knife_cleaver", "variant": "knife_meat_cleaver", "prob": 30 },
       { "item": "knife_large", "variant": "knife_carving", "prob": 30 },
       [ "pointy_stick", 30 ],
       [ "cudgel", 20 ],
diff --git a/data/json/recipes/recipe_deconstruction.json b/data/json/recipes/recipe_deconstruction.json
index 0ae814f3a0d34..69ef267d30b31 100644
--- a/data/json/recipes/recipe_deconstruction.json
+++ b/data/json/recipes/recipe_deconstruction.json
@@ -3092,7 +3092,7 @@
   {
     "type": "uncraft",
     "activity_level": "MODERATE_EXERCISE",
-    "result": "knife_meat_cleaver",
+    "result": "knife_cleaver",
     "time": "5 m",
     "qualities": [ { "id": "HAMMER", "level": 1 } ],
     "components": [ [ [ "blade", 1 ], [ "scrap", 10 ] ] ]
@@ -3105,14 +3105,6 @@
     "qualities": [ { "id": "HAMMER", "level": 1 } ],
     "components": [ [ [ "scrap", 2 ] ] ]
   },
-  {
-    "type": "uncraft",
-    "activity_level": "MODERATE_EXERCISE",
-    "result": "knife_vegetable_cleaver",
-    "time": "30 s",
-    "qualities": [ { "id": "HAMMER", "level": 1 } ],
-    "components": [ [ [ "scrap", 6 ] ] ]
-  },
   {
     "result": "laptop",
     "type": "uncraft",
diff --git a/data/json/recipes/tools/tool.json b/data/json/recipes/tools/tool.json
index fc54438500796..a8f515804a5b2 100644
--- a/data/json/recipes/tools/tool.json
+++ b/data/json/recipes/tools/tool.json
@@ -227,9 +227,9 @@
     "time": "30 s",
     "autolearn": true,
     "components": [
-      [ [ "knife_meat_cleaver", 1 ] ],
       [ [ "knife_huge", 1 ] ],
       [ [ "knife_large", 1 ] ],
+      [ [ "knife_cleaver", 1 ] ],
       [ [ "leather", 2 ], [ "cotton_patchwork", 2 ] ],
       [ [ "cordage_short", 2, "LIST" ] ]
     ]
diff --git a/data/json/recipes/tools/tools_hand.json b/data/json/recipes/tools/tools_hand.json
index c2e1c7750e3cf..e5f35b8e2be5e 100644
--- a/data/json/recipes/tools/tools_hand.json
+++ b/data/json/recipes/tools/tools_hand.json
@@ -1343,7 +1343,8 @@
   },
   {
     "type": "recipe",
-    "result": "knife_vegetable_cleaver",
+    "result": "knife_cleaver",
+    "variant": "knife_vegetable_cleaver",
     "activity_level": "BRISK_EXERCISE",
     "category": "CC_OTHER",
     "subcategory": "CSC_OTHER_TOOLS",
@@ -1363,7 +1364,8 @@
   },
   {
     "type": "recipe",
-    "result": "knife_meat_cleaver",
+    "result": "knife_cleaver",
+    "variant": "knife_meat_cleaver",
     "activity_level": "BRISK_EXERCISE",
     "category": "CC_OTHER",
     "subcategory": "CSC_OTHER_TOOLS",
diff --git a/data/json/recipes/weapon/cutting.json b/data/json/recipes/weapon/cutting.json
index bbcbe7da087f4..11b6b91037de8 100644
--- a/data/json/recipes/weapon/cutting.json
+++ b/data/json/recipes/weapon/cutting.json
@@ -250,11 +250,7 @@
     "reversible": true,
     "autolearn": true,
     "proficiencies": [ { "proficiency": "prof_carving", "time_multiplier": 1.5, "skill_penalty": 0 } ],
-    "components": [
-      [ [ "duct_tape", 100 ] ],
-      [ [ "blade", 1 ], [ "knife_meat_cleaver", 1 ], [ "knife_vegetable_cleaver", 1 ] ],
-      [ [ "stick_long", 1 ] ]
-    ]
+    "components": [ [ [ "duct_tape", 100 ] ], [ [ "blade", 1 ], [ "knife_cleaver", 1 ] ], [ [ "stick_long", 1 ] ] ]
   },
   {
     "type": "recipe",
@@ -271,7 +267,7 @@
     "proficiencies": [ { "proficiency": "prof_carving", "time_multiplier": 1.5, "skill_penalty": 0.5 } ],
     "components": [
       [ [ "duct_tape", 100 ] ],
-      [ [ "blade", 1 ], [ "knife_meat_cleaver", 1 ], [ "knife_vegetable_cleaver", 1 ] ],
+      [ [ "blade", 1 ], [ "knife_cleaver", 1 ] ],
       [ [ "stick_long", 1 ] ],
       [ [ "cordage", 2, "LIST" ] ]
     ]
diff --git a/data/json/requirements/melee.json b/data/json/requirements/melee.json
index edf16cd30615f..e63183ccad445 100644
--- a/data/json/requirements/melee.json
+++ b/data/json/requirements/melee.json
@@ -98,10 +98,9 @@
         [ "tanto_inferior", -1 ],
         [ "kirpan_cheap", -1 ],
         [ "enfield_bayonet", -1 ],
-        [ "knife_vegetable_cleaver", -1 ],
-        [ "knife_meat_cleaver", -1 ]
         [ "knife_huge", -1 ],
         [ "knife_large", -1 ],
+        [ "knife_cleaver", -1 ]
       ]
     ]
   },
diff --git a/data/mods/Magiclysm/items/enchanted_tools.json b/data/mods/Magiclysm/items/enchanted_tools.json
index 94de35151afa6..9d05b514e2920 100644
--- a/data/mods/Magiclysm/items/enchanted_tools.json
+++ b/data/mods/Magiclysm/items/enchanted_tools.json
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
   {
     "type": "GENERIC",
     "id": "knife_meat_cleaver_plus_one",
-    "copy-from": "knife_meat_cleaver",
+    "copy-from": "knife_cleaver",
     "name": { "str": "meat cleaver +1", "str_pl": "meat cleavers +1" },
     "proportional": { "price": 3.0, "price_postapoc": 3.0, "weight": 0.9, "melee_damage": { "all": 1.1 } },
     "extend": { "qualities": [ [ "BUTCHER", 28 ] ] }
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
   {
     "type": "GENERIC",
     "id": "knife_meat_cleaver_plus_two",
-    "copy-from": "knife_meat_cleaver",
+    "copy-from": "knife_cleaver",
     "name": { "str": "meat cleaver +2", "str_pl": "meat cleavers +2" },
     "proportional": { "price": 6.0, "price_postapoc": 6.0, "weight": 0.8, "melee_damage": { "all": 1.2 } },
     "extend": { "qualities": [ [ "BUTCHER", 30 ] ] }
diff --git a/data/mods/Magiclysm/recipes/enchanting.json b/data/mods/Magiclysm/recipes/enchanting.json
index df4b78fbce223..37849a564a3fc 100644
--- a/data/mods/Magiclysm/recipes/enchanting.json
+++ b/data/mods/Magiclysm/recipes/enchanting.json
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
     "copy-from": "cestus_plus_one",
     "qualities": [ { "id": "MANA_INFUSE", "level": 1 } ],
     "result": "knife_meat_cleaver_plus_one",
-    "components": [ [ [ "knife_meat_cleaver", 1 ] ], [ [ "mana_dust", 20 ] ], [ [ "mercury", 10 ] ] ]
+    "components": [ [ [ "knife_cleaver", 1 ] ], [ [ "mana_dust", 20 ] ], [ [ "mercury", 10 ] ] ]
   },
   {
     "type": "recipe",
diff --git a/data/mods/TEST_DATA/expected_dps_data/knives_dps.json b/data/mods/TEST_DATA/expected_dps_data/knives_dps.json
index f630ab785f6ae..d130ee3cd36bb 100644
--- a/data/mods/TEST_DATA/expected_dps_data/knives_dps.json
+++ b/data/mods/TEST_DATA/expected_dps_data/knives_dps.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
       "kirpan_cheap": 2.809,
       "kris": 13.5,
       "kris_fake": 1.811,
-      "knife_meat_cleaver": 13.97,
+      "knife_cleaver": 13.97,
       "pockknife": 4.5,
       "primitive_knife": 2.5,
       "mc_knife_rambo": 9.415,