A few people have asked me, "Sciz, what is your favourite chisel tip
marker? We never see you talk about that!." Well, i don't use chisel tips too much,
but anyone who has been following me for a while has heard me talk about how grog is usually
my brand of choice. So today we are going to be doing a full, in-depth review and tagging
test of the Grog Cutter and the Grog Cutter mini. And hopefully at the end of it, sticking with my
grog loyalty, i'll hopefully be able to tell you guys that the Grog Cutter is the best chisel
tip marker that i have used! But either way, you guys know that i keep these reviews 100% unbiased
and honest. So we will be testing out this Grog Cutter today on a smooth painted surface as well
as glass. But first i will be telling you all of the information that the graffiti writer
is going to want to know about these Grog Cutters and the Grog Cutter mini to help you decide if
this is the chisel tip you would like to add to your graffiti arsenal! So let's get right to it!
One of the reasons that i usually reference Grog as being a preferred brand of mine is because,
in general, their pricing is usually a little more reasonable than other graffiti brands, and that
does hold true for the Grog Cutter as well. One of these empty, full-size, Grog Cutters will actually
only cost you about four US dollars and actually, the mini ones also cost you about four US dollars
empty as well. But the Xtra Flow Paint that it comes filled with is supposed to carry quite
a bit of quality as well. So possibly buying a pre-filled version might not be a bad idea for the
first time to try it out at least. But one nice thing about having an empty version here is i can
take it apart and show you exactly what's going on in the guts of this marker. The first thing i will
mention about it is the whole righty-tighty, lefty-loosey thing does not apply to these
Grog Cutters. You screw it rightward or clockwise to unscrew it (which makes no sense to me) Could
be because this is a made in Italy product. Maybe they do it different there. And something you'll
notice is there's actually a small bit of shaped foam under the nib there. That's actually a little
bit concerning because it's not very dense and if that's supposed to slow the flow down, it's
not going to do that very well, especially not after it's fully saturated. But time will tell;
we'll leave that up to the surface tagging test. The big ones here come with a standard 15 mm nib
and your small ones here will give you a nice 8mm nib. The nibs are different on both sides; you can
see the mini one here actually has like i'd call that two mm, something like that, square nib on
the other end. Which is a nice touch. I really like using that, and actually, aside from these
two sizes, there is actually a 30 mm size nib as well. I was actually able to find the best deal
on the 30 mm sizes out of the three sizes here, so if you do end up being interested in picking
one of those up for yourself, i will have a link, that'll be the first link in the description, to
where i found that deal for you! But that is enough information for now; i don't want to
overload you. Let's get over to the testing area and see what the Grog Cutter can actually do here.
Okay, welcome to the testing area everyone. And if this is your first time joining us, where all the
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So because this Grog Cutter comes pre-filled with the Grog Xtra Flow Paint, the quality of
this chisel tip marker will have quite a bit to do with the quality of that Xtra Flow Paint. And
because of that, while i tag some subscriber names up here on our painted surface, i'll be commenting
on three categories of things in particular which indicate quality. The first category is paint
formula quality. And that essentially consists of, one, how vibrant the paint is and, two, how opaque
the paint is; both very important aspects of a paint for a graffiti writer. And knowing a bit
about those two aspects will help you figure out if this is the chisel tip for you to add
your arsenal. The labeling on here does emphasize that it is a super opaque, alcohol-based paint,
with a glossy finish, but it makes no promise of permanence beyond what a normal permanent paint
would be. The second category is the feel of the nib. Personally i usually enjoy these sort
of softer nibs, the ones that you can get frayed a little bit - I like that - but these ones are
a little bit harder. Aach end is a unique shape, especially on the smaller 08 Mini Cutter. So i'll
be commenting on how it feels to write with a nib like this one in particular. And thirdly, i'll be
commenting on, of course, the flow of the valve system and how well it works. I actually took the
sort of flow regulator foam out of this one, so this one's going to probably run like crazy. But
we'll see what happens! I just want to have a bit of fun with that! This one will be the standard
that it comes with. So those three elements, again, will be the most important elements in
helping you to determine if this is the chisel tip graffiti marker for you. And i'll be using
my judgments about those elements, at the end, to tell you if i am comfortable saying that this is
the best chisel tip marker or not. So let's get this rolling start tagging some subscriber names
who asked for hit offs up here, on our painted surface and then, after that, we'll be using glass
to throw a few tags on! Let's throw NAHS up here - he asked for a hit off a long time ago.
Very vibrant right off the bat. I'm liking that let's throw SEROF up here.
Yeah, i'm not really pressing on the nib at all while I write, so it is a little streaky
because of that. I think it's a habit i've developed personally, from trying to save
paint and ink. But honestly, just seeing a paint that flows through the nib like this is something
sort of special. I really enjoy that, and it's standing up quite well! You can tell
it's a very vibrant colour. So it's initially quite a good marker. Let's get some more names
up here though. One thing i don't love is that you sort of have to hold the cap; it doesn't
go on the end at all or anything. But that's sort of beside the main point of this.
Let's hit up SKRAM now. Yeah, i always feel bad writing with these chisel tips because i
feel like i'm not practiced enough with them to really take full advantage of, you know,
the chisel effect that you can get with them, and do some really mean looking fonts like that. The
opacity is looking good. This nib does feel a little bit softer than i imagined it would so
it does have a nice little bit of a buttery feel to write with, even in such cold weather here in
my area of Canada. The flow of this marker seems very responsive. As soon as you compress the nib,
you're getting a nice revitalized line. So, happy all around really, but i'm going to throw up a few
more names with the 15 mm, then we're gonna switch over to the Mini Cutter, see what that can do!
Overall, you can see that there's really not too much to complain about here! A nice
vibrant colour. The opacity is honestly fairly good and as soon as you compress the nib it's
a little more buttery to write with. You do get a bit of drippage happening right here as well,
but um that's sort of the same for almost every chisel tip that i've ever worked with
to be honest. And i've worked with a few for sure. So really, i have no concerns with the
valve system in here. As well, the nib, of course that's down to personal preference,
but it's actually fairly buttery to write with even without it being overly juiced up. So i can't
say anything negative about that either. Just as a bonus, you can tell that the marker here
in general is staying nice and clean. It's not dripping everywhere and nothing's getting into the
threads here. Sometimes you get drippage from the valve system out onto the marker threads and the
body of it - not happening with this, that's really nice. I didn't mention this earlier:
it's sort of a nice touch that they actually put the sticker colour coded in the colour
you bought in the pre-filled ones. Just a little touch that I appreciate that they do.
But let's see what the Mini Cutter can do now. I always find these mini markers really nice to
hold. They just feel more like a direct extension of your arm and you can write with them a little
more proficiently I find. This one's obviously an old one but i did put a new nib on it here.
So with the Mini Cutter here, what i'm gonna do is actually throw some tags down, just right beside
the normal size cutter so you can see the size difference in the most direct
way possible. And to do that we'll give a shout out to ERUPT and CHEEZE.
I don't know, i just enjoy the smaller nib more. To me you can
get some sharper lines with it it does also feel a little bit softer
actually. Let's get FSU up here from Manitoba! Gotta give him a shout out!
And again, this is the one that i took sort of the flow regulator type foam out of and you
can see it sort of pooling up in there. But it is also having no trouble just producing
a smooth flow. It's not vomiting out paint or anything like that. So honestly not much
of a difference without that flow regulator in there. Let's give one more shout to FINZER here.
And that's another thing i like about writing with the smaller one here:
it's easier to write with the nib compressed with this size of the Grog Cutter.
But now to the test that most of us have probably been waiting for,
glass! A very slippery surface. Always a dream to write on. So let me just throw something up here.
Sever, someone i know who wanted a hit off.
Let's see if we also have some room here for HOLT from Israel!
If you are having any doubts about the opacity of it due to the streakiness,
you can tell it goes right over that red no problem at all.
You know what let's have some fun, let's try and get some drips. I'm going to do something
dumb and do like a vertical tag here and try and get some drips tag ZERO up here.
Well what can you do. I mean i pretty much compressed the nib the whole time
there. No real drippage to be seen. But one last one, let's get SOMO up here.
So how do you know if this chisel tip graffiti marker is right for you, because
seeing a review of it and actually feeling out what it feels like to write with this are two
totally different animals. Well, i would say, in general and with this product in particular,
Grog offers some great value, in terms of their pricing compared to the quality. There certainly
offering a chisel tip marker that's way cheaper than anything made by Molotow or of course Krink.
And their prices are comparable to OTR as well. And you know what, i don't mind saying this Xtra
Flow Paint has quite a bit of quality to it! Partly i think it's this colour but the vibrancy
(and this is a good colour to test out vibrancy) was excellent, despite me obviously not putting
out very thick layers of it. The opacity stood up quite well where it needed to. I'm glad we sort of
kept that unbuffed so i could write over it this time actually. So if you are a graffiti writer
looking for a professional quality marker, as compared to a DIY type of paint formula that you
could put in here, then i would consider trying this out at least and seeing if you want to add it
to your arsenal. Like I said, i like the mini ones the best. And after testing out the bigger ones as
well, (i had only tested out the mini ones before) i feel totally comfortable saying that this will
be my go-to chisel tip if i start using chisel tips more prominently in the future I guess. So
in that sense i would claim that this is probably the best chisel tip marker for its price class to
me in particular. So take that however you will I guess. And if any of you have used the Grog Cutter
or if you have thoughts on it as well, feel free to share that with everyone and help everyone out
in the comments section below! If you want to see more reviews like this, we've done
over 50 of them here on the channel to date. And we have almost 300 graffiti related videos on
the channel that you can check out. I hope to see you in another one of those. Peace!