Pet peeves on knife review videos?

Don't care about drop shutty
Don't care about how many ways to flick it open or swing it closed...

I do care about the quality of the build, the steel, the heat treat and the grind.

Guess I'm old fashioned.

(If I'm honest, I do find the AD15 fun to play with...but it's a recent addition and I didn't think I'd like it.)
 
txgolfer45 said:
For me, I don't need the reviewer to show how good they are with the different opening methods by fidgeting with the folder throughout the video. I also don't care if I can reverse flick the knife. I don't spend time fidgeting with my folders. What about you?
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I occasionally like to fidget with my knives too but I also don’t like reviewers who waste my time demonstrating their knife dancing skills.
 
Blues said:
Don't care about drop shutty
Don't care about how many ways to flick it open or swing it closed...

I do care about the quality of the build, the steel, the heat treat and the grind.

Guess I'm old fashioned.

(If I'm honest, I do find the AD15 fun to play with...but it's a recent addition and I didn't think I'd like it.)
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I normally don’t give a real hoot about drop shutty either but I will say the drop shuttyness on the Spyderco/lionsteel collaboration Slym is an improvement on the Lionsteel Skinny along with the longer clip.
 
There are any number of qualities that might or might not enhance a knife for EDC, the woods, or work...but you can tell pretty quickly if someone gets the intended purpose and "spirit" of the knife.

I don't look at many videos, and usually only look at those with a better than even chance I may learn something I'm trying to find out about the knife.

Dammit, I forgot to post this from the front seat of my truck. I'll never learn...
 
I like knife reviews that show the knives in actual use, doing things the knives might reasonably be expected to do, and evaluating how well they do that compared to other kinds of knives I might be familiar with, or at least contextualized in terms of utility for a given task.

In other words, does the knife make a job easier or harder because of the grind, steel choice, handle design ... some things I haven't thought about? I also like seeing how folding knives are put together and function, but few reviews I've looked at seem to show that.
 
txgolfer45 said:
For me, I don't need the reviewer to show how good they are with the different opening methods by fidgeting with the folder throughout the video. I also don't care if I can reverse flick the knife. I don't spend time fidgeting with my folders. What about you?
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For someone that has been on this forum for almost 23 years and have only, as of right now, 140 posts, I take it that you are a person of few words :) so I expect that you like things that are straight forward and to the 'point' as far as reviews go!

Myself I agree about all those fandangled methods of opening a knife, I must be old fashioned, slip joint pinched the blade open, thumb stud action or flipper are all I would need, never got the hang of those front flippers so I do avoid those.

I do like videos that show the knife well, turn around slow so you can see as much as you can, especially important when you have no local knife store to visit in person and hold the knife.

Disassembly of the knife is also useful too.

G2
 
Knives are tools, first and foremost. You can tell that most reviewers use them as pocket jewelry, fashion accessories or objects to shore up their credibility as carhart hipsters.

I wish people would use the knife to cut a bunch of stuff before they posted their reviews.
 
I dislike reviews where they beat the knife to the point of failure. For example, batoning large pieces of wood with a lock back folder is unreasonable. Anytime I see videos with "failure" in the title I avoid as they are probably abusing the knife for more than it was designed for.
 
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