Nut'n Fancy just lost me

Staying legal is still possible without excusing your choice of knife as a box opener.
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I understand what you are saying, but that isn't true where I live where a knife cannot be carried for offensive or defensive purposes. I'd hate to see his characterization, or mischaracterization, of a knife as a weapon serve an over-zealous prosecutor. That said, there is no reason why a reviewer like NF can't deal with knives as weapons for those who folks don't have such restrictions and when the knife is accurately characterized.
 
I recently saw some more of his reviews. He's definitely one of the better ones out there.
Just saying...
 
Que said:
I understand what you are saying, but that isn't true where I live where a knife cannot be carried for offensive or defensive purposes. I'd hate to see his characterization, or mischaracterization, of a knife as a weapon serve an over-zealous prosecutor. That said, there is no reason why a reviewer like NF can't deal with knives as weapons for those who folks don't have such restrictions and when the knife is accurately characterized.
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I agree. We don't all have the luxury of being brutally honest and open about our cutlery, however, I would like to try and make a point in favor of NF's review approach.

If you carry a knife that is legal in your area and you carry it for protection, you haven't broken the law. There's no reason to disclose the nature of your knife to anyone if you don't want to. There's also no reason to be afraid of using your knife as long as all of the of legally defined requirements of self defense are met. I have heard so much chatter about "if you use a knife you're automatically going to be taken to jail, so be prepared for a long battle". How so? Where are the statistics to support this? The last time I read a news report about a knife being used for self defense, it was a 60 something year old ex-marine versus 3 young punks. The old man made some predator shishkebob that day, was detained for questioning, and then released without being booked for anything. Also, I hear so many people say that knives are frowned upon and considered the weapons of criminals. If knives are considered the weapons of criminals, then why are police in some areas training to employ them as backup weapons? This is catching on nation wide in the U.S. .

The bottom line really is that the right of self defense is inalienable, being granted to you from your first breath in this world. God or the universe forbid we should all end up like England!

Our mission should be to change the way weapon specific knives are viewed in the same way that we work to change the way weapon specific firearms are viewed. Both weapon types ultimately serve the same purpose and that's to facilitate survival.

Weapon specific knife carriers can benefit from reviews that lack sugar coating and if knives are all some people can carry for protection, so much the better that more information circulate about knives that excel in the weapon role.

Thumbs up to NF from me :thumbup:
 
Wow nothing like a good ol' flaming to get the fingers typing... Sheesh! He's just a dude who likes gear... A LOT! Every poster here also likes gear in some way. Surely there's some common ground people.

Anywho - on Nutnfancy - I buy most of my gear online or research the gear online because I work 45-50 hours a week and don't have time to muck around in stores.

People like Nutnfancy help me understand what the knife looks like, a few impressions and things to look out for in the way of detractions. Of course they are going to have their own opinions and nutnfancy in particular has very strong views on just about everything. But at least he's contributing to the debate. There are very few out there doing the same.

BTW - Nutnfancy takes FOREVER to get to the point... I load the vids on pause first and then kip ahead everytime I'm bored.
 
Yes he has a sumwhat childish sence of humour, but I just let the fly over my head. He really isn't the sort of person I'd have as a friend, bit too paranoid and thinks he knows best and seems to always belittle his friends, infact I'm sure he has pee'd off a couple in the one or two shooting vids I've seen, to me that seems a bit silly given the fact of all the AR15's and AK47's being waved about. Oops theres just been an accidental discharge and Nut'in is no more, oh well lets carry on shooting.

As for his videos, I like to use his videos to see what a knife looks like in hand if I'm thinking of buying one. I've never watched a 30 minute video talking about a knife though, 10 minutes at most, that man can rabbit on for days.

I'm not one for the whole tactical thing too. Plus whats with all the made up abbreviations? :jerkit:

I do like his wilderness videos though. I just whish he'd learn to use an axe safely and him to stop bitching about people commenting that an axe would do the job in a tenth of the time.

One thing I find very funny is the fact that even though he says he is such a knife nut he can't sharpen a knife for toffee. Also on his "adventures" even thought he takes soo much cluter with him (but is always talking about how he likes super light stuff) he dosen't take a way to sharpen anything. Mind you is he's got WD-40 he'll be OK. :p

Take his last series where he finally tested some axes (well one frankly rubbish axe and a tomahawk) the axe was BLUNT but he just used it and moaned about it. If it was me firstly all my tools are razor sharp before I go out the door, secondly I always have a way to sharpen them so I'd just of sharpened it. But I highly dout he could if he had a stone with him.

Another thing I found funny was given the fact that the start of the first video he said he didn't need any training to use an axe as he's been using them since childhood (I don't know why he displayed a photo of himself holding a rifle) he was babbling on aboutt safty but got about two inches off planting the axe in his knee. Plus he couldn't split the wood past about 2 inch chunks with the axe.
 
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Proud Sheepdog joins the frey;

Nutn Rocks,,,, .

As admitted lurker here I am quite interested to see how like other forums I have frequented that a "Troll" can still create so much response and everyone gets in on bandwagon spouting off on their opinions, and to see some of the results. It is quite a negative internet forum phenomenon.

Frankly TNP is more valuable to me as educational content then most TV and I value his knife and other gear vids. The only opinions anyone should comment on are products and keep personal opinions out of this forum.

Managing a industry blog and forum myself for work, producing decent content takes a lot of time, dedication, heart and passion and I for one appreciate every post here and there post writer for taking there time to respond to posts and write reviews.
 
I don't like his videos much since his reviews seem to be desk-top only. There is not much in-use commentary in much of what his videos show. A review that mentions length spces form a web page is not very useful. :(
 
I did not take the time to read all the posts in this thread, but rather skimmed thru.
It seems like a lot of people simply say... "if you dont like it, don't watch it." Fair enough, that is all well and good but I think it misses the point... I think almost everyone agrees that his older knife/gun/gear reviews are great and very helpful. It just seems that as he has grown in popularity, his videos have gotten more and more bloated. I still totally respect what he does and overall think it is absolutely awesome that there is someone taking the time to put together what he does. It can be argued that even some of his original review videos boarder on the lengthy side... but now... 24+ minutes for a review of a Cold Steel folder? Common, really? Granted, the production value of the videos are nice and flashy now, but to be honest... I agree with the original poster, he has totally lost me as well. I think the majority of people that want to check out a knife/gear review want to know the facts about it and general use- capabilities of the item. The extra 16+ minutes of repeating the same ideas and repeating "pou"s in every video is tiring. I check once a week or so to see what he has posted and sometimes skim thru a video (and try to pick out whatever helpful info I can without dedicating half an hour). Anyway, just my 2 cents-
 
I just don't get it.

Yes, he shows a lot of gear to a lot of people that otherwise might have a difficult time seeing it in hand before they buy it. Other than that I don't get much out of it. Plus, he is a bit of a drama queen.

He cut himself on a knife that was open in his fanny pack and made a video about it. He said that he had to pull over to the side of the road and deal with it before he passed out from blood loss. He then called it a war wound and commented that he would press on in spite of his wound. My wife even busted out laughing when she saw it.

Before anyone starts fragging me about it, let me say that I have spent a good portion of my life "in the woods" both recreationally and during my time in the infantry. I've had my thigh laid open to the femur, been stabbed and shot. My 11 year old has been cut worse than his "war wound". He came in, we cleaned it up, bandaged it and he was right back outside playing and never mentioned it again.

On top of all of that, have you watched him review any of the big choppers? Watching him swing that RD9, let's just say that it does not make me think that he knows what he is doing.

Someone posted earlier that his being in the military meant that he has "better points than most...."
He is a pilot in the Air Force. Don't get me wrong, being a fellow serviceman I respect and am grateful for his service. BUT, I grew up on an Air Force base and know many pilots. Saying that he is better informed about outdoor gear and knives because he is in the military is like saying that George W. Bush is better informed about horse shoes because he is from Texas.

It kills me how people get so defensive when anyone criticizes him. In my opinion there are far more credible reviewers online but most of them don't get a fraction of the exposure/attention that Nut'n does and that is a shame.
 
Sure he's got his idiosyncracies but I for one think he's a lot of fun. I get a kick out of his vids and learn a thing or two along the way. He doesn't take himself as seriously as many of his critics do and constantly reminds us that his opinions are just that; opinions. C'mon, lighten up, it's not 60 Minutes, just a guy having fun with his hobby.
 
I watched one of his and left thinking that he was rather full of himself (talking about SIG magazines in a knife review).

Only time that I watched anything by him though so that is a VERY small sample size and only my opinion.
 
Socomelite & woodenchicken, stop the personal insults at each other, you both got your shots in, it'll be infractions from here on out.
 
He puts a lot of work into his videos and there is usually a good amount of information to be found within each. I can see how he could be annoying to some but, imo, the good outweighs the bad.
 
unit said:
A guy talking about knives...

I guess if you could hear the way half the people talk on this forum you might stop reading here? Seriously, it's a guy sharing his enthusiasm for knives...pretty tough for me to find much fault.
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Couldn't agree more. I watch reviews from loads of different youtubers, and the ones that are enthusiastic about the knife they're reviewing are the most fun to watch.
 
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