Pet peeves on knife review videos?

not2sharp said:
I doubt many of us have much experience with knives, and even those who constantly work with knives tend to work with a knife type or set and rarely play with varieties of knives. As with anything else, familiarity with a task let’s us perfect our technique and our tools and if you are fortunate enough to get there you are going to be reluctant to change either. Knives can be cool as art, as examples of perfected manufacture, as intriguing gadgets or historical and cultural relics. Many are fashionable, interesting, playful and even useful. We enjoy the many details, the endless knife lure, and the many people we share it with. But, when it comes to the tool itself, they are just acute wedges with sharpened edges and attached handles. Does one knife actually cut more usefully than another, and does that really matter?

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Guess it is all in your perspective,i got gifted a little slipjoint from my parents at the age of five and have owned used and sometimes cherished edged tools ever since.
Watching some YT knife "reviewers" you get the feeling that they are reviewing knifes because they believe that they found a easy niche to make a quick buck.
They are usually clueless about the particular knife that they are showing and always in need of bandages and to make it worse they are painful to listen to.
 
Man, i say this at least once a year on various forums but threads like this make me miss/think of “Woods Walker”. Kevin had great presentation and shared so much knowledge. Thats what youtube should have been. Now its just whatever stupid trend is a part of that community and no substance or knowledge whatsoever.


And the danged gloves!!!
 
David Mary said:
A pet peeve not mentioned so far that I've seen a lot of is: Reviewers sharing updates on some kind of ongoing drama they are involved with. That's for a separate video. If your video is titled "Xyz knife review", then stick with that. I didn't click it to have to hear you go on for five minutes about the back and forth you're having with a maker, another youtuber, or a dealer.

"What's up YouTube"? My name is not YouTube. "What's up people?" Why are you "asking a question"? You're not going to listen to or read the answer to "what's up" from 250,000 viewers. "Hello Youtube? How you doin, HOW YOU DOIN'?" Good grief.

"Hey everybody, I hope you're doing well out there". Finally something sensible.
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They're wanna be drama queens.
 
RPZIP said:
"Unboxings" 😡 Whether it's knives or any other tool or gear. I want to see what it will do! Or long term use - does it last? Did it break? Etc etc.
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I bet they'd be just as successful filming the opening of cereal boxes, looking for that elusive prize...... Idk if that says more Abt them, or us who watch? ;o
 
I like the reviews by people who have no dog in the fight. Back in the very early 1980s, this guy named Phil Engeldrum and his crew published a series of magazines which involved the testing of off-the-rack firearms. They were not testing highly-tuned samples directly provided to him by manufacturers, but rather the everyday models that appeared on the racks and display cabinets of retail stores. Engledrum would not accept payoffs or gifts from any companies, so the information he published was not biased in any way. The results were surprising, to say the least! The old expression "buyer beware" was underscored! If Engledrum is still active, he should do a similar series for knives.
 
BootKnifeFan said:
I like the reviews by people who have no dog in the fight. Back in the very early 1980s, this guy named Phil Engeldrum and his crew published a series of magazines which involved the testing of off-the-rack firearms. They were not testing highly-tuned samples directly provided to him by manufacturers, but rather the everyday models that appeared on the racks and display cabinets of retail stores. Engledrum would not accept payoffs or gifts from any companies, so the information he published was not biased in any way. The results were surprising, to say the least! The old expression "buyer beware" was underscored! If Engledrum is still active, he should do a similar series for knives.
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There are some YouTubers that do this with knives, guns and other gear. I can think of some that really put stuff through the wringer in the field, in all kinds of weather etc. Over the years they have revisited items and established many long-term benchmarks. Outside of the battlefield these are perhaps the most objective tests and reviews available.
 
Official ad copy photos you see on retail sites often look very different than the real thing. So my main purpose for review videos is usually just to see the actual knife from different angles to better judge size, appearance, etc. It is also helpful when it is shown alongside other knives for comparison. When they are just flipping the thing open and closed as fast as they can (not impressed) or just moving it around constantly in their hands, you can’t see any detail that way. I have no patience for 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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I find myself getting irritated watching a reviewer neurotically opening and closing a knife and talking about amazing the sound is. One thing is for certain, when these reviewers get popular, they are getting themselves free knives and who knows what kickbacks behind the scenes from the knife company.
 
coolhand68 said:
Unboxing, discussing specs, no demonstration or actual testing of the knife, steel snobs, never having anything negative about a brand because they are getting free swag.
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I love seeing new knives as much as the next person. But I also still have a few brain cells left. It really starts rubbing me wrong and irritating me, watching a knife being flicked open and closed over and again, having to hear, "wow the acoustics are amazing." And "look at this action, so smooth and drop shutty." I just want to yell "shut up!" Now, most of the videos are the same click bait thumbnails over and again: Knife of the years, did not think this was possible, etc, etc. Like a worn out script. But I guess these influencers are doing their job as it takes time shooting vids, editing and presenting us with the latest stuff.
 
Niall88 said:
I love seeing new knives as much as the next person. But I also still have a few brain cells left. It really starts rubbing me wrong and irritating me, watching a knife being flicked open and closed over and again, having to hear, "wow the acoustics are amazing." And "look at this action, so smooth and drop shutty." I just want to yell "shut up!" Now, most of the videos are the same click bait thumbnails over and again: Knife of the years, did not think this was possible, etc, etc. Like a worn out script. But I guess these influencers are doing their job as it takes time shooting vids, editing and presenting us with the latest stuff.
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Click bait titles are also a peeve of mine. I won’t click on any more of Metal Complex videos anymore because of that. I’m also not a big fan of table top overviews that run longer than a few minutes.

The other peeves are condescending influencers who have well over 100k subs who talk to you like you’re an idiot. Maxlvledc is a condescending dork. Not sure how this guy has 250k subs, his videos aren’t even interesting to me, but he’s been sucking up to Gideon’s Tactical lately so he’ll get some crossover subs.
 
coolhand68 said:
Click bait titles are also a peeve of mine. I won’t click on any more of Metal Complex videos anymore because of that. I’m also not a big fan of table top overviews that run longer than a few minutes.

The other peeves are condescending influencers who have well over 100k subs who talk to you like you’re an idiot. Maxlvledc is a condescending dork. Not sure how this guy has 250k subs, his videos aren’t even interesting to me, but he’s been sucking up to Gideon’s Tactical lately so he’ll get some crossover subs.
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I bet some of these dudes get kickbacks we never hear about. Think of Civivi coming out with a new knife, and having the most hyper dude on the internet Neeves Knives (although I like him and think he is genuine), highlight the knife and they sell 500 or 1000 of them with one video. There has to be some business going on behind the scenes. Greg Medford is a very interesting character. Whatever anyone thinks of him, at least he kisses no ass!
 
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