Today, Chiu's shop offers a wide range of knives, scissors and cleavers, each shaped and suited to its purpose over years of refinement. To ensure the quality of his products, Chiu uses high-carbon stainless steel, alloyed steel and tungsten steel to make cleavers of ideal balance and flexibility which can last for 20 to 30 years.
如果使用得當，一把鎢鋼菜刀用上二、三十年是沒有問題的。」為了對出售的產品負責，士林名刀店無論在士林刀或鎢鋼菜刀上，都刻有「士林」兩個小字，菜刀上更刻上顧客購買的年月。