Pet peeves on knife review videos?

[norcalAF]

My main pet peeve when watching knife review videos is when the reviewer is naked.

DM me the link for "research" purposes

 

[HwangJino]

Dirty blades bug me, not dirt or wood marks, I mean fingerprints type smudges.

 

[ShaiHulud]

I care about how the knife handles use, about the quality of the build, and if the maker stands behind their creation, regardless if I'm ever going to use their warrantee or not. I dont care about showmanship or garnishment that goes for user tricks and embellishments on the knife

 

[The Zieg]

I don't like tabletop reviews.

 

[ShaiHulud]

I don't like tabletop reviews.

A knife thats never touched or used will last ages. Some reviewers take a knife and beat it, whip it, throttle it, whack it on stuff and then some. I like those reviews because I can *see* the knife in question being put to the test.

 

[Delgadonine]

Failure to provide a hard test review. Or even a simple test review. Most do the former, some do the latter. The few who do both:

 

[Monofletch]

It feels good in the hand. I hate that!

 

[A.L.]

I don't like it when they talk. Or move. Or show their face.

Oh yeah, that one. I like the ones best when they show the knife from shouting distance and I can barely see the knife. All those people really want to do is some kind of confessions vlog in a cafe.

 

[DangerZone98]

Gideons Tactical and Advanced Knife Bro are pretty good. Cedric and Ada too. They don’t waste time and tell you the things they don’t like about the knife. There’s quite a bit of information you don’t get from pictures or a spec sheet.

Bad knife reviewers are only concerned about making you click their affiliate links. Decent reviewers can help make a more informed purchase. Or in some cases avoid bad purchases.

 

[calm]

some are very boring.

I am not watching these videos because I need to, I just want some light entertainment.

 

[Tensaw]

I usually want to see good video of a particular knife and not listen to all the bs, so I rarely watch a whole review.

 

[lex2006]

Give some people a camera and a microphone and they won’t shut up listening to them self.

 

[oldmanwilly]

Give some people a camera and a microphone and they won’t shut up listening to them self.

Remember Nutnfancy? After a while he'd spend about 10 minutes at the beginning of each video to discuss his "philosophy of use" standards, using a laminated copy of them, and sometimes even flip through a catalog on the camera. Then he'd get around to opening the knife.

 

[scorpnsnake]

Our very own Edged Mindset and Chuck Noneface both keep it relatively short and to the point.

 

[Danke42]

Remember Nutnfancy? After a while he'd spend about 10 minutes at the beginning of each video to discuss his "philosophy of use" standards, using a laminated copy of them, and sometimes even flip through a catalog on the camera. Then he'd get around to opening the knife.

The important thing to remember was he had an onion on his belt. Which was the style of the day.

 

[Blues]

The important thing to remember was he had an onion on his belt. Which was the style of the day.

I usually wear garlic on my belt to repel werewolves...and wanton women.

 

[ahh vtec]

I know it’s nit-picky; but when the reviewer says “Chris ReeveS” with an “S” on the end. I have no idea why, but it really annoys me; and I just cut the video off immediately.

 

[VorpelSword]

My pet peeve for knife review videos is the incessant and fidgeting.

 

[oldmanwilly]

The important thing to remember was he had an onion on his belt. Which was the style of the day.

"Give me five bees for a quarter" we'd say. Anyway, I was on my way to Morganville, which is what we called Shelbyville in those days, and I had a yellow onion on my hip, which was the style at the time. We couldn't get those white onions, because of the war. So anyway... this new Delica 4 weighs .2 ounces more than the Delica 3 which, honestly, is just too much for my EDC according to my POU #9.

 

[elde66]

Stassa23 actually puts the knives thru testing (that the viewer can watch) and has no issue with doing a negative review when warranted. Discusses both the pluses and minuses of the knife in each review. Normal, regular, honest guy. (Plus he’s from Louisiana!)