Good knife reviewer channels

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Professor_Jack

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Hey guys, lurker just joined, and I'm hoping somebody in here could direct me to a few good knife reviewers.
I watch Skallagrim, but his reviews are few and far between, specialized, and sometimes prone to weird bias (though he's gotten much better about it)
Unfortunately, when I go looking for others, most of what I find are... lacking in quality, let's say.

Now, I am absolutely an idle collector. I don't hunt, i don't really camp, and I don't expect i'll ever be in a situation where my swords are gonna save my life (scaring off salesmen notwithstanding). But I do prefer my collection be dependable, just on the off chance I decide that I want to go outdoors and do things with them.

That's where my problem with reviewers comes in. Most knife reviewers I come across mistake "can cut an apple" with amazing edge retention, and "i dropped it and it did not break" with excellent build quality. Some people have actually decent reviews, but their production quality is so bad their videos are unwatchable (like earlier, i looked up a review for a knife given to me as a present, and the person's sound balance was so off i could not make them audible at any volume). Others get this sense of "I paid for this, so I need to justify it, so I'll excuse the flaws"

So anyone out there got any suggestions for me?

Also, am I the only one who becomes dubious of anyone who claims to know knives but can't say "bowie" correctly?
 
I personally liked Noss when he was destroying knives, but Nut-n-Fancy seems to be reasonable in his knife reviews, IMHO he puts a lot of good use to a blade before review.
 
Search for "TheApostleP". His reviews are long, but he is very knowledgeable about the machining processes used to make knives. He has reviewed a huge number of knives and is not afraid to criticize companies he likes. He also usually takes apart the knife before he reviews it. Fair warning: his reviews are not for those with short attention spans; they are targeted towards detail oriented people.
 
cliff stamp when it comes to detailed metalurgy

pm 101 when it comes to every day joe impressions

nut fancy can suck my testicles
 
Gideons tactical
ApostleP
Kevin Clearly
Survival on Purpose
Jim Skelton
Cutlery lover
Wealljuggleknives
Tactical
PM101
Nutnfancy
Innate1984
Gear obsession
The late boy scout
Knifehq
Crocket20
Budget bugout
Virtuovice
Jdavis882
IA Woodsman
Innerbark outdoors
 
Professor_Jack said:
Whoa, why so antagonistic picard?
use your diplomacy
why dont you like him?
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i hate his kind of personality.. egotistical narcissist who is able to survive simply by feeding on his own shit

plus hes a vulture capitalist which Im also against..im okay with regulated capitalism..but hes an asshole who has no prob with running people over in order to get ahead..

I can talk about this for hours... but Ill probably end up banned

how do I know this?

Ive wathed the guy from the begining.. including his political videos..where he talks out of his ass
 
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That XiuXiu guy is alright, also some guy named Carter, I can't remember his user name.

Oh yeah, gotta check Hissatu 5, especially his Strider review...
 
At the risk of derailing my own thread, lindybeige, scholargladiatoria, skallagrim
I watch these guys (most lindy and skall) because, between the three of them, they come up with decent information on stuff. But then, they all have problems, like when they don't like something, they'll dismiss it out of hand (such as lindybeige's videos on the topic of flails), or the tendency to assume their familiarity with one specialized subject makes them expert on other things.
Anyone got any suggestions for other discussion-type producers?
 
Nutnfancy has a great ability to talk about something mundane and commonplace for 30plus minutes and yet keep me interested. Very uncanny.
My all time favorite knife guy has to be Dr Wako (Virtiovice)
 
I like Fire and Steel on youtube. They don't go into scientific detail, but they use the knives and give a no BS opinion. They're just regular guys. They're very funny as well.
 
I don't watch a lot of youtube reviewers - none enough to give them a recommendation; but this caught my attention.
Also, am I the only one who becomes dubious of anyone who claims to know knives but can't say "bowie" correctly?
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It begs the question, what do you think is the correct pronunciation (or, which pronunciation bothers you enough that you question those that use it)
 
Allowing for cultural differences (especially the english), I am generally suspicious of anyone who calls it a "bō-ee" knife. The man's name is the knife's name, and the man's name was "boo-wee".
I mean, expertise in knives doesn't mean an interest in history, and vice versa, but I just have a bias that tells me people who know their bowie knives will say it the way the man who is (popularly, if not necessarily factually) credited with coming up with it.

If it's just me, that's fine, I just wondered if anyone else had the same hangup
 
I figured that was the one....but most of the people (as far as I am aware) that have that name pronounce it "Bow-ee", and that is the common sense pronunciation. I realize that has nothing to do with how one actually says one's name; but I've also known several people that adopted eccentric pronunciations of their own names for various reasons (not that THAT has anything to do with this topic).
I've known for years that "Boo-wee" is the accepted pronunciation; but I rarely say it that way....for much the same reason that I don't say y'all, or use southern pronunciations and slang (the exception being when I'm down South, then it just sort of comes back). For the most part, I don't have much call to actually say Bowie...and, on those very rare times that I do, it is usually to people that wouldn't recognize "Boo-wee" as correct. In fact, if I said it that way, they would likely have no idea what I was talking about. I don't doubt that some people simply don't know, but I suspect others just go with what is "normal" and recognized.

Sorry to have distracted from your topic.
 
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hhmoore said:
Sorry to have distracted from your topic.
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Technically its still a discussion on traits that affect perception of the person delivering the info, so its a related topic.
And yeah, that's what i meant by "allowing for culture". If your primary exposure to the name is a modern surname (like David Bowie, weird, beautiful oddball that he is) no amount of Texan pedantry is going to correct it lol
 
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