YouTube knife reviewers

I've watched quite a few of them, a couple weekly and others less frequently, and it's as much about finding out details as sharp and pointy entertainment. Ones I've liked the most over the last few years are: Cedric & Ada, Advanced Knife Bro, Nick Shabazz, Metal Complex, KnifeCenter, HighCarbonSteel Love, Not Your Average Life, Slicey Dicey, Dutch Bushcraft Knives, and Zac in the Wild.

 
greater said:
I love youtube reviews one of my favorites is our all time famous Joe X and his scientific tests of various knives.

Click to expand...
Sarcasm I guess? Doesn't look scientific to me.

Anyway he probably broke some hearts with that, because that knife has a cult-like following.
 
Whatever happened to Neptune Knives? I never got to follow it up but in one of his videos, he showed a close-up of his hands that looked exactly like that of a BD forumer. Well, it's past.
 
I think without youtube reviewers and similar we would be at the mercy of knife manufactures, marketeers, and knife magazines that get their revenue from knife manufacturers to inform us on what is good or not good according to their bottom line.

I find people who say the internet is the worst place to get information are in reality the worse people to get information from. The internet is a VAST SOURCE of information both recent and old. Is there a lot to sort through, yes but what you want to find out about is usually out there.
 
greater said:
I think without youtube reviewers and similar we would be at the mercy of knife manufactures, marketeers, and knife magazines that get their revenue from knife manufacturers to inform us on what is good or not good according to their bottom line.

I find people who say the internet is the worst place to get information are in reality the worse people to get information from. The internet is a VAST SOURCE of information both recent and old. Is there a lot to sort through, yes but what you want to find out about is usually out there.
Click to expand...
Um, most youboob knife reviewers get their knives from the companies in exchange for a positive review and their revenue from advertising, IE clicks. It is no different, if not worse than the knife magazines. I mean, knife magazines don't get paid more if they make shit to stir up controversy or make outrageous claims. That is exactly what youtube is. Doesn't matter how inaccurate or biased the content, the more views it gets the more the reviewer gets paid. There is literally incentive to be outlandish.

I'll trust the valuable experienced membership here over youtube any day.
 
greater said:
I think without youtube reviewers and similar we would be at the mercy of knife manufactures, marketeers, and knife magazines that get their revenue from knife manufacturers to inform us on what is good or not good according to their bottom line.

I find people who say the internet is the worst place to get information are in reality the worse people to get information from. The internet is a VAST SOURCE of information both recent and old. Is there a lot to sort through, yes but what you want to find out about is usually out there.
Click to expand...
I don’t watch YouTube knife reviewers or read anything you listed and have no problems finding knives to be interested in buying and forming my own opinions about them.
 
I used to watch a lot of knife YT, but I agree that it's become so dominated by the same 3 or 4 Chinese brands that I've mostly lost interest. Most of that type of content is what I consider boring, entry level stuff that I stopped buying many years ago. I will still watch a few videos when I am about to make a purchase to see what a variety of people think of the model in hand. You get a lot of opinions here on BF from people that are biased from years in the hobby and never even held the model you are asking about. It's also nice to see the knife being held and manipulated to get a better idea of how it will feel to you. My favorite is Pete, from Cedric and Ada Gear Outdoors. He actually uses and tests everything he reviews, and I personally find him to be a funny and enjoyable character.
 
craytab said:
Um, most youboob knife reviewers get their knives from the companies in exchange for a positive review and their revenue from advertising, IE clicks. It is no different, if not worse than the knife magazines. I mean, knife magazines don't get paid more if they make shit to stir up controversy or make outrageous claims. That is exactly what youtube is. Doesn't matter how inaccurate or biased the content, the more views it gets the more the reviewer gets paid. There is literally incentive to be outlandish.

I'll trust the valuable experienced membership here over youtube any day.
Click to expand...
I’m pretty sure it’s illegal or atleast against YouTube’s rules to make a sponsored video without disclosing the sponsorship in the video. So if you had proof a YouTuber was doing this, you could get their channel shut down. I’d be willing to bet that most if not all of the current knife YouTubers are disclosing whether or not they’re sponsored.
 
greater said:
I love youtube reviews one of my favorites is our all time famous Joe X and his scientific tests of various knives.

Click to expand...
I’ve got such a love hate relationship with this guy, his videos can be fun to watch but Jesus the comments section is a shit show, everyone in his comments seems to think a knife is trash if it breaks after being smacked on a steel pole for 3 minutes straight. Also he seems to be pretty rude randomly to people in his comments, gives me a bad taste in my mouth even if I will still occasionally watch his videos.
 
Started making youtube videos about 10 years ago, just doing what I wanted to be done - I want to see knives at different angles and closeups before I buy one. Back then the YT videos were slim pickens if you wanted information about a knife outside of the brand information. Fun to see how many dozens of channels are out there now, almost every knife on the market has multiple videos available.
I still make videos sharing information to help people decide purchases, as well as a few general knife interest videos.
Right now kind of in a slump since there is not a lot of knives to my interest on the horizon. I buy 99% of what I show on the channel, so it is what it is.
I have learned you can't please everyone, especially the "fingernail gang" - those who care more about the appearance of your hands than the knife.
But in general, people are good and thankful for the information.

And I make enough money on YT to take my wife out to dinner about once a month :cool:
 
kafolarbear said:
I’m pretty sure it’s illegal or atleast against YouTube’s rules to make a sponsored video without disclosing the sponsorship in the video. So if you had proof a YouTuber was doing this, you could get their channel shut down. I’d be willing to bet that most if not all of the current knife YouTubers are disclosing whether or not they’re sponsored.
Click to expand...
Don't be be surprised if people who get free shit give good reviews, official sponsorship or not.
 
I watch a lot of knife YouTube but it doesn’t always influence my purchases. I just like knife talk more than TV. Some channels are clearly bowing to Chinese ownership and there’s definitely a trend that way. Plenty of content out there doesn’t.

BF’s own Chuck_Nunface Chuck_Nunface has a great channel. Mike Emler, Knife Junkie, Scotch N Things, Advanced Knife Bro, etc have entertaining videos and seem like good dudes.

Key to me is not taking it so seriously. Support who you want.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top