Recommendation? YouTube knife reviewers: Any #1 favorite??

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Follow all. Only because they create post that inform you on upcoming drops/exclusives/restocks. ECT..
Only ones that I actually watch are the ones that use them. Unboxing/ first impressions reviews are irrelevant to me. People are going to like what they like regardless of others opinions. Few others but mostly these
1. DBK
2. Outpost76
3. Cedric
4. Outdoors55
 
I like KC/DCA as mentioned before. I also enjoy Zac in the Wild, some Jon Gadget for more EDC stuff, and the occasional Buck Knives video. Their BOTM and the stealth run Larrin videos got posted.
 
calm said:
... I am surprised nobody ?seems to have mentioned nutnfancy.

Though never my cup of tea he was very popular a decade ago, from what I remember
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He was the first knife reviewer I found when I discovered youtube in my teens. Initially his information was good, if not verbose, and he included videos of actual use. His videos started to get longer but the quality knife content decreased while time spent advertising his patches and relating anecdotes increased.

I quit watching when, in one of his backpacking videos, he pulled out a mini spray can of WD-40 to lubricate a blade he was using to baton firewood. He sprayed the blade before batoning each piece of wood. I just couldn't take him seriously after that.

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AgentSteel said:
Hard to find a youtube knife channel who doesn't succumb to marketing. Hell it's not only knives, as soon as you review some products you become an "influencer".

JoeX 😅
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The thing is this: the channels that LOOK better take more time to put together and maintain, so these guys tend to be the sponsored ones. They have graphics, transitions, good lighting, good audio, and all those other things that cost money and time to produce.

My channel is low budget. Videos these days are all shot in one take with only a bit of trimming of the beginning and end. Lighting and sound are simple. No sponsorships, everything I review is stuff I bought myself. Lately, I've been doing eBikes, but have also done cameras, RC trucks, and guns. I do have ads turned on, but that doesn't get me much, maybe $100 per 4 months. It's mostly for fun.

Here's one knife review from 4 years ago:

You can check out others on my channel too. You've got to dig DEEP to find channels like mine. (for better or worse! ;) )
 
I really wonder if any of these people listen to the garbage they post for public consumption. I just tried to watch a This Old Sword review, and it bored me to tears. The guy just stammers and stutters and umms and uhhs and has no f’n idea where he’s even going. Most of these people could stand to take a basic undergrad communications course before turning on their goddamn cameras. And people wonder why I hate the internet.

Sorry for the rant, but I had to.
 
mitchnola said:
I only search and watch reviews on knives I’m already planning on buying. Watching, not really for their opinions but so I can get a good look of the knife and for size comparisons.

One thing I have noticed is how small the knife community really is. Even the more popular reviewers are only getting a couple k views. Maybe some pushing 10k but rarely. Can’t imagine they’re making tons of money with that many views but I don’t know the pay structure either. One thing that does aggravate me is when they repeatedly ask for subscriptions or patreons whatever the hell that is. All being said, it’s still a positive that they’re their and available.
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Mostly I watch reviews of knives I have already bought. I usually buy on impulse, so it would be hard to research ahead of time. Waiting until after helps me feel smug about my choice. Since most reviewers are cheerleaders for the knives they review they are not likely to stir up a serious case of buyers remorse.

On the other hand, I bought a knife a few months ago that didn’t do much for me. I didn’t hate it, I just didn’t love it, so I gave it to my grandson, who thought it was cool. Finally I came across a couple of reviews that liked it. I still won’t miss it.
 
I've watched a bunch of different ones over the years and often it's just watching a few about a specific knife I'm thinking about buying. Some I keep coming back to are:

Cedric & Ada Gear and Outdoors

Advanced Knife Bro

Nick Shabazz (especially the disassembly videos)

David C Anderson (Retailer, but very informative and has large hands like mine so it gives me a better idea how knives would fit me or not)

Zac in the Wild (Retailer, I miss the BladeHQ Knife Banter of old)

GideonsTactical

HighCarbonSteel Love

Greywolf Bushcraft
 
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gideonstactical, Kris Stiletto, are the ones I mainly watch though JoeX and Cedric and Ada are useful and informative as well because they do useful hard testing.
 
Neeves and Metal Complex are entertaining to watch. And Advanced knife bro of course. I’ve been watching the MC for as long as I can remember.
It doesn’t bother me that they make money. I’m sure it takes a lot of time and effort making new videos everyday. And a good amount of luck too to be that popular.
 
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oldmanwilly said:
He was the first knife reviewer I found when I discovered youtube in my teens. Initially his information was good, if not verbose, and he included videos of actual use. His videos started to get longer but the quality knife content decreased while time spent advertising his patches and relating anecdotes increased.

I quit watching when, in one of his backpacking videos, he pulled out a mini spray can of WD-40 to lubricate a blade he was using to baton firewood. He sprayed the blade before batoning each piece of wood. I just couldn't take him seriously after that.

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Yeah, I remember that too vividly. It was cringey. One of the first knife world meme lords.
 
I can't believe I previoisly failed to consider Sir Lynn Thompson and his merry band of men with black boots.




 
Never mind … didn’t realize I already said the exact same thing a few posts earlier. 🙃
 
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Been watching scotch n things channel. Interested in a lot of the same knives, stout and American made. Plus he uses his for work regardless of the cost. Seems like a good honest dude. Videos aren’t gonna blow ur hair back but he has a nice collection
 
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Regarding popular knifetubefs, mentioned here already, I mostly watch videos to see the knife in details, action, size, etc, in their opinion not really interested. I appreciate guys, who do some job with a knife and show pitfalls or drawbacks of a model - to name a few Gideon’s Tactical, Cedric and Ada, Dutch bushcrafters and couple smaller tubers
 
romanjoe said:
Regarding popular knifetubefs, mentioned here already, I mostly watch videos to see the knife in details, action, size, etc, in their opinion not really interested. I appreciate guys, who do some job with a knife and show pitfalls or drawbacks of a model - to name a few Gideon’s Tactical, Cedric and Ada, Dutch bushcrafters and couple smaller tubers
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When I want to see how a certain knife performs in typical woods use fashion, I’ll give gideonstactical a view.
 
Agree on gideonstactical. He actually uses many of the knives he reviews, takes them on hikes and camp outs and usually compares them to some others in the same size range. If nothing else he cuts, slices, batons and makes feather sticks in his back yard to review as opposed to merely showing or unboxing the knife and giving the specs along with his opinion.
 
I don't have anything against any of them, and in the grand scheme I suppose more knife content as a resource is a net positive for the hobby, but honestly very few of them interest me anymore. Besides the marketing as mentioned, the drive to push out more content has diluted things to the point that most of the videos are of knives I dislike, so much so that I rarely bother even considering clicking on them. I do stay subscribed to a few jic, but they account for very little of my YouTube viewing these days.

I still search reviews on occasion when considering a knife, and appreciate the disassembly videos when I'm modding a knife. Of course I can't resist the infectious enthusiasm of Felix talking SAK's, like a few channels that focus on steels like Cedric and Engineer's Perspective, and love me a Knife Steel Nerds mini-doc; but those are hardly what I'd call reviewers. Plus I'm always ready to gobble up the yearly release vids from SHOT and Blade. For the most part though, the only one I regularly watch is Knifecenter and let David C. Anderson tell me if I need to run to the computer for a purchase this week, and even then I skip through the China stuff, which ends up being about 3/4 of the vid.
 
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