The Cleaver and the chix

As some of you know, I was the lucky (#38) recipient of a great hand-crafted cleaver (friggin sharp) made by @gmac which arrived last Friday.  A true work of skill and art-good that it travels with a sheath-did I mentioned sharp...Here it is;

At my on-line award ceremony I committed to posting the first cook using the cleaver.  Since my knife and photo skills are quite limited I thought about some simple cook but decided that such a great piece of work needed better than that.  So, it was time (after about a two year hiatus) to go with the Jaques Pepin Chix Ballotine (and I did not use the knife very much).   This thing is sharp.  I will confess that I did use a paring knife to scrape the thigh and leg bones.  Here's the chix before adding the stuffing:  (Not as bad a hack-job as I was anticipating-(I did have another chix ready to tackle if needed)).

Challenging part history-here's the chix on the BGE rolling along.

For the finish-sliced by that sharp cleaver:

Another big thank-you to @gmac for definitely going way beyond with his generosity, skill-set and craftsmanship.  What a gesture to make for those of us on the forum.  A truly unique gift that I will treat with the utmost respect.
Thanks for looking.