Nutnfancy video worth watching

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everyone has different opinions. there are a ton of people on this website that review on youtube. pick the one you like best and done.

the thing i appreciate about nutnfancy is his consistency. i listen to the things he says that i care about, and ignore the rest. but he IS consistent, which makes it worth listening to.

for example: i ignore weight arguments (i only carry 1 knife..), i ignore steel explanations, etc but the point is that he reviews a lot of things i like and actually USES them, which makes it easier to determine whether or not i will like the knife.
 
thatguybryan said:
everyone has different opinions. there are a ton of people on this website that review on youtube. pick the one you like best and done.

the thing i appreciate about nutnfancy is his consistency. i listen to the things he says that i care about, and ignore the rest. but he IS consistent, which makes it worth listening to.

for example: i ignore weight arguments (i only carry 1 knife..), i ignore steel explanations, etc but the point is that he reviews a lot of things i like and actually USES them, which makes it easier to determine whether or not i will like the knife.
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Ya think?
 
A perfect review of a piece of EDC equipment...

[video=youtube;U4rLiFM1luo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4rLiFM1luo[/video]
 
On most forums, religion or politics are controversial topics.

Here it's a Youtuber.

I find that funny.
 
Nutnfancy's accent and his overuse of the term "dudes" is what I find peculiar, but his videos don't bother me. I don't always agree with his opinions about knives, but some of his reviews are informative. I've seen better reviews and I've seen worse reviews on YouTube.
 
I agree with posters citing his general arrogance (although it doesn't bother me much as I see it more as extreme passion for his hobby) and his emphasis on lightweight tacticalishness... I haven't watched him in a long time now, and I don't think I've ever bought a knife solely on his rec.



But until he reaches M. Stewart levels of arrogance, he'll still be tolerable. ;)
 
Insipid Moniker said:
This. I took some shots at him earlier in the thread and I stand by them, the guy is irritating as hell. Despite that, I'll still check out his video in a heartbeat if it's something I'm interested in, because he often has some information/experience that I find useful. (I won't watch the whole thing, because I can only take being called bro and dude so many times.)

Essentially, my dislike for him doesn't mean I think he has no value or should stop doing what he does. And the same way, my appreciation for his contributions does nothing to obviate my dislike of the guy.

I think part of the reason the guy is so polarizing is simply his viewpoint. If you pay attention, you start to notice that he's not really an enthusiast the same way a lot of us are. I'm fascinated by the hows and whys of cutting performance, efficiency vs resilience and the behavior of different steels in different roles, at different edge angles, etc. Nutnfancy doesn't really give two hairs off a dead donkey's butt about that. He cares how the knife works for him. He's a total end-user, or at least that's what shows in his reviews. Nothing wrong with that, but it means he totally skips things, or comes off as painfully uninformed about things, that are fairly important to me.
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Yep! I agree 100% with your post, especially the last paragraph.

I've always felt that he has a different outlook on knives than most of us do. He doesn't care about the things that I find important, and doesn't seem to be keen on learning about them. So it kinda pisses me off when he's going over a knife and gives it a bad review because he doesn't notice certain things or understand them to the extent that we do.

For example, his ridiculous sebenza review....... Ugh. A tactical blade? And then he reviews it badly because it doesn't perform well in THAT category....... And then because of his popularity the misinformation spreads to everyone who's looking into getting the knife and doesn't know much about knives or where best to find info on them. The sheer number of people he's likely mislead is just cringeworthy sometimes:barf:
At this point I can roll my eyes and ignore the rediculous parts of his reviews, but what about those people who come to his channel with no knowledge and accept everything he says as if it were gospel? I can't help feeling bad for them.....

To me it seems like he should just stay away from ever reviewing anything higher end at all. He even admits that those knives don't really fall into his area of expertise or fit into his philosophy of use. So then just don't review them, Nutn! You're only spreading misinformation and making a fool of yourself!
 
nick21 said:
On most forums, religion or politics are controversial topics.

Here it's a Youtuber.

I find that funny.
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Funny but your observation is incomplete.

On this forum, politics is completely off limits except for one subforum where it is also very controversial like anywhere else. Religion discussion is prohibited altogether.

Literally any topic can be controversial in a discussion forum, especially when the topic directly involves the forum's theme. Nutfancy covers knives on Youtube = This is a knife forum, It kind of works hand in hand. I was just one a boxing website this morning = everyone was fighting over whose fault why the big fight hasn't happened yet: Pacquiao or Mayweather. Very controversial there. Go to a video game forum, go to a cell phone forum... See what controversial topics they are talking about. Gun forums have all kinds of issues with Youtube gun reviewers/personalities also.


As a matter of fact, political forums have heated discussons over Bill Oreilly and Pierce Morgan... The network TV version of Youtube personalities.

My reply was unecessary, but it was fun. :)
 
Stays Sharp said:
Funny but your observation is incomplete.

On this forum, politics is completely off limits except for one subforum where it is also very controversial like anywhere else. Religion discussion is prohibited altogether.

Literally any topic can be controversial in a discussion forum, especially when the topic directly involves the forum's theme. Nutfancy covers knives on Youtube = This is a knife forum, It kind of works hand in hand. I was just one a boxing website this morning = everyone was fighting over whose fault why the big fight hasn't happened yet: Pacquiao or Mayweather. Very controversial there. Go to a video game forum, go to a cell phone forum... See what controversial topics they are talking about. Gun forums have all kinds of issues with Youtube gun reviewers/personalities also.


As a matter of fact, political forums have heated discussons over Bill Oreilly and Pierce Morgan... The network TV version of Youtube personalities.

My reply was unecessary, but it was fun. :)
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^He's right... I can say from experience video game forums ARE controversial most of the time, and quite interestingly so.
 
bodog said:
Gayle Bradley, Ed Schempp, Phil Wilson, and Brad Southard discussing steels, heat treats, knives, and some history.

http://youtu.be/dKqkIVdH4Kg
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I don't really give a tinker's damn about Nutnfancy either way, but I don't think that he is the intended focus of the OP's thread here. In spite of some distracting dude-burbling interjections, I enjoyed listening to Gayle Bradley, Ed Schempp, Phil Wilson and Brad Southard talk about cutlery steel.

Thanks for the link, OP! :thumbup::cool:

-Brett
 
thatguybryan said:
maybe my sarcasm meter needs calibrating but it seems like a simple solution.

the youtube reviewers i find the most annoying are people from this site and the other knife site...lol
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Maybe I bolded too many of your statements. I really was referring to you saying "everyone has different opinions". It was so patiently obvious even from the third or so post on the first page that this was all about opinions and you state it like it's a profound truth and that you personally made that great discovery. :rolleyes:

nick21 said:
On most forums, religion or politics are controversial topics.

Here it's a Youtuber.

I find that funny.
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The discussions really were not about NF. It was more a clash of positions and trying to negate each other's opinions. It is what happens here a lot of the time. NF just happened to be a convenient excuse for another episode.

Marcinek summed it up well with a post in the junk steels thread.

marcinek said:
The steels I like are great.
The steels you like are junk.
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Just substitute "opinion" for steels and you've got a hint of what's going on here. :D
 
singularity35 said:
Maybe I bolded too many of your statements. I really was referring to you saying "everyone has different opinions". It was so patiently obvious even from the third or so post on the first page that this was all about opinions and you state it like it's a profound truth and that you personally made that great discovery. :rolleyes:
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How do you get that out of what he said? And did you mean blatantly obvious? The whole thing about him stating it "like its a profound truth and that he personally made the great discovery?" Isnt that just you reading into it a bit too much. It seems rather funny that you seem pretty bent on the idea that you have a a right to your own opinion (which you do) but at the same time you seem to be very critical of anyone who expresses a different opinion. But maybe that is in fact ME reading into your posts too much.
 
PURPLEDC said:
How do you get that out of what he said? And did you mean blatantly obvious? The whole thing about him stating it "like its a profound truth and that he personally made the great discovery?" Isnt that just you reading into it a bit too much. It seems rather funny that you seem pretty bent on the idea that you have a a right to your own opinion (which you do) but at the same time you seem to be very critical of anyone who expresses a different opinion. But maybe that is in fact ME reading into your posts too much.
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Maybe you're right about me reading too much into the guy's post but then it's pretty obvious that we are all in opinion territory and stating it one more time as an dismissal of a different POV, is a might condescending. I don't have a problem with a different opinion, my problem is when that opinion ventures into analyzing and attributing motives to people with a different POV.
 
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singularity35 said:
Maybe you're right about me reading too much into the guy's post but then it's pretty obvious that we are all in opinion territory and stating it one more time as an dismissal of a different POV, is a might condescending. I don't have a problem with a different opinion, my problem is when that opinion ventures into analyzing and attributing motives to people with a different POV.
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I dont know man, to me its still just an opinion. And analyzing and attributing motives is what all of us have been doing when commenting on the nutnfancy videos whether it be good or bad comments. I also dont feel it was stated as a dismissal of anything. But rather as a way to simply say that none of us are right and none of us are wrong. And possibly that arguing about something that cant be proven or disproven since it is based on personal preference is rather trivial. And given how far this thread has gone with back and forth maybe it in fact did need to be said. Sometimes we all need a reminder from captain obvious.
 
I think he's a good dude. He's got his opinions like anyone else, and he's not always factually accurate, but he's well spoken. His videos are set up well with good lighting and audio, and overall worth a watch. I would have loved to tour Shot Show with him.

[video=youtube;lJiOw1k7Sb0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJiOw1k7Sb0[/video]
 
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