YouTube knife reviewers

jeffsenpai said:
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.
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I care more about the knives I just think that chewed up fingernails are nasty and gross. The nasty part is the filth under their fingernails that they eat when they chew them. It's just a pet peeve although I don't say anything about it in the comments.
 
5DoorEstate said:
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 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.
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Me also - I buy what I like and don't worry about anything.
 
kafolarbear said:
sure, but it's a bit of a pessimistic outlook and a "guilty until proven innocent" mentality. Personally, as long as a review is unafraid to talk about the negative parts of a knife then I'm willing to give the creator the benefit of the doubt.
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I don't have the time to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, or watch a bunch of youtube videos, and I'm knowledgeable enough to make my own knife choices. I take reviews with a huge grain of salt, especially if it starts with "X chinese company sent me this knife to review..."

One of the reasons I like knifecenter vids is because there is no BS, no pretense that the vid is anything other than showing me a knife so that I might make a purchase with them. Let me look at the knife, hear some specs, get a quick take on it, and then see the thing in David C Anderson's big meaty paws. 😁

I can do the rest, thanks :thumbsup:
 
I retired and moved from the fourth largest city in the country to (literally) the middle of nowhere. And I’d been collecting knives off and on since I was a kid. Now, with plenty of time on my hands for the first time in years, I decided to ”fix” some of those knives that were a little off center and maybe lubricate some of them as well. But I had no idea as to how to do it. So, after quite a bit of searching, I found the Nick Shabazz channel on YouTube. I spent many hours soaking up/learning his techniques for sorting out knives. And, due to Nick’s “teachings”, I attended to the needs of my small collection. But, I was hooked: some of these new knives Nick was reviewing on the channel appealed to me. Fast forward six years to today: I own 20-30 times as many knives as I did before, have all of the tools and knowledge necessary to service them and a terrific hobby that I truly enjoy. All thanks to Nick Shabazz. A debt I can never repay.
 
I get my opinionated knife BS here on the forums. I don't need to hear them speak, but occasionally I will watch Nick and his accent and handwaving for it's entertainment value.
 
jeffsenpai said:
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:
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What’s your channel name?
 
elde66 said:
I retired and moved from the fourth largest city in the country to (literally) the middle of nowhere. And I’d been collecting knives off and on since I was a kid. Now, with plenty of time on my hands for the first time in years, I decided to ”fix” some of those knives that were a little off center and maybe lubricate some of them as well. But I had no idea as to how to do it. So, after quite a bit of searching, I found the Nick Shabazz channel on YouTube. I spent many hours soaking up/learning his techniques for sorting out knives. And, due to Nick’s “teachings”, I attended to the needs of my small collection. But, I was hooked: some of these new knives Nick was reviewing on the channel appealed to me. Fast forward six years to today: I own 20-30 times as many knives as I did before, have all of the tools and knowledge necessary to service them and a terrific hobby that I truly enjoy. All thanks to Nick Shabazz. A debt I can never repay.
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I would like to have Nick's Batman mask.
 
craytab said:
I don't have the time to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, or watch a bunch of youtube videos, and I'm knowledgeable enough to make my own knife choices. I take reviews with a huge grain of salt, especially if it starts with "X chinese company sent me this knife to review..."

One of the reasons I like knifecenter vids is because there is no BS, no pretense that the vid is anything other than showing me a knife so that I might make a purchase with them. Let me look at the knife, hear some specs, get a quick take on it, and then see the thing in David C Anderson's big meaty paws. 😁

I can do the rest, thanks :thumbsup:
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David C Anderson is an especially useful as a hand model, given the size of his hands. If he says it's a bit small but I can manage to get a hold of it, that's code for it being too small for my hands.
 
The only YT channel I watch regularly is the Knifecentre one, as it is relaxing to watch without any shouting or drama.
ANBro used to be entertaining but I rarely watch it anymore. NSaz, I watched one video where he was saying that it was good a company was making traditional knives for the first time, whilst I was holding a traditional knife from that company I bought 10 years earlier...

I will generally google a knife I am interested in and if a YT video comes up I will watch some of it to see what the knife looks like, irrespective of who is the YT star. Usually BFs comes up and gives me the information I want :)
 
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sharp_edge said:
The #1 reason for me to watch youtube knife reviews is size comparison and the #2 reason is visual appeal of the knife. Other things are pretty much negligible (doesn't matter who the reviewer is). For these reasons, I can always find some useful reviews on youtube.
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This 100%, as another poster said its also handy to see disassembly videos if you had to change your first omega spring or whatever. I like seeing the knife and how it fits the hand or size comparison to a knife ive handled before etc. But yeah I don't really care who is reviewing it as I am not looking for opinions, I could watch it on mute just the same.
 
Some reviewers are part time performers, so you will have to endure their dance to make out the review that got lost somewhere between bad jokes and storied flashbacks
Some are to the point, no frills or superfluous notions. I appreciate the direct approach and I don't appreciate the snake-oil salesmanship
But sadly, some have become overly stoked about Chinese made knives. To avoid politics I won't delve further
 
Like anything else in life there are good you tube reviews and bad ones, all I look for is any information that is helpful and ignore that which is not. This is true with any review whether it is in print or video and a giant list of products and interests. We all have opinions of what we like and what we don't.
 
I can see that I'm definitely in the minority, but actually enjoy some of the YT knife Reviewers.

I enjoy Aaron's stuff (*"Gideon's Tactical") and watch "Advanced Knife Bro" and the "DBK" guys for a laugh or two. (*The DBK guys actually put out some decent stuff, in my humble opinion) In my opinion, Aaron has been responsible about feeding a lot of his "monetization" cash into his channel. The production quality has REALLY gone up over the years.

I've also been known to watch a little "PreparedMind101" and "EverydayTacticalVids".


All in all, I'm pretty happy with the efforts some of these guys put into their channels. I know much more about knives than when I first started watching, but still enjoy their content and appreciate their time and effort(s).


Your mileage may vary...
 
Alone said:
I can see that I'm definitely in the minority, but actually enjoy some of the YT knife Reviewers.

I enjoy Aaron's stuff (*"Gideon's Tactical") and watch "Advanced Knife Bro" and the "DBK" guys for a laugh or two. (*The DBK guys actually put out some decent stuff, in my humble opinion) In my opinion, Aaron has been responsible about feeding a lot of his "monetization" cash into his channel. The production quality has REALLY gone up over the years.

I've also been known to watch a little "PreparedMind101" and "EverydayTacticalVids".


All in all, I'm pretty happy with the efforts some of these guys put into their channels. I know much more about knives than when I first started watching, but still enjoy their content and appreciate their time and effort(s).


Your mileage may vary...
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Advanced Knife Bro cracks me up and seems to know what he is doing. Aaron is decent and brings a good outdoors perspective.

Another one to check out is Kevin Cleary. He has a good practical take on things and plenty of experience, from general EDC to hunting. He also seems to have a good sense for ergonomics.
 
Chronovore said:
Advanced Knife Bro cracks me up and seems to know what he is doing. Aaron is decent and brings a good outdoors perspective.

Another one to check out is Kevin Cleary. He has a good practical take on things and plenty of experience, from general EDC to hunting. He also seems to have a good sense for ergonomics.
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I'll definitely check-out Cleary. 👍


Yeah, as far as Aaron, I think his stuff appeals to me because I like robust/over-built "field" fixies (*about 5"-7"), and he tests a lot of that stuff.
 
Chronovore Chronovore ,


If you wanna' watch a vid that I thought was pretty fun/cool, there was one that was put out by BladeHQ. (*I believe) It had to do with Bowie knives, but mainly focused on the Condor "Undertaker" Bowie.

It had Aaron, Tim (*from "EverydayTacticalVids), Andy Tran (*who I believe designed the TOPS "Tahoma Field Knife" and is a U.S. Forest Ranger, if I'm not mistaken), and Joe Flowers. (*who may've actually been the Designer of the Undertaker)

The gist of the vid was that they were all making their way to either Blade Show or Shot Show, from many different locations, and were mailing the knife and some form of "survival" goodie to each-other...and playing with the knife in the process.
 
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