Alright guys, so I have four boxes that just arrived this morning
Yes! Four.
No joke, I don't have no space to show all four boxes at the same time
So what I'm gonna do is I'm just unbox one box at a time
Unload all the contents and let's see exactly what we have. I know there are knives, but I don't know exactly what we got
So I'm excited. Hopefully you are as well and
and um, Let's get started
uhh, Okay, let's just take off all the boxes and do one at a time
let me
do it the easy way instead of
Just put all the knives out
And go from there
**Taking boxes out of boxes montage**
Okay, so this is just two boxes and I've got two more just as large on the floor next to me
but let me just stop there and in terms of this unboxing and just at least try to sort out what what I've got and
and um
This might take a minute
Okay, so I wanted to figure out what this is, figure out what exactly is used and damaged or just used
Versus damage because the damaged ones will be repaired by me and then the used ones
I'm just gonna do a giveaway for them cause I don't have space to keep everything here and I want to spread the love
Or share the love. Okay, so
Alright starts somewhere. How do we do this?
Alright, so this one here is a used knife. It's got
It's got a few months ago, oh it's got a slight bend in the edge so this is to be restored
This has got a broken tip
This one here is ju-- oh
geez
No, here's what I don't get this is like a semi bread knife.
How do you crack or chip a bread knife?
or a
serrated utility knife
People confuse me sometimes alright, this is a honing rod. Oh,
It's a nice one
It's a Hiro honing rod
and this is
oh my is perfectly brand new and this is a shooting hiro with the
Really beautiful crimson and grey packet wood handle
I love the handle on this on this knife or on this series
So this is new
Another one another shooting hiro.
This is also like new it's, it's been used maybe a couple of times
Okay. Oh, oh dear. Look at this knife here
This has got a really big chip.
It's got like three or four chips or actually more than that
It's got like three or four really big chips. This is possibly the biggest
Gouge I've ever seen a knife. I mean, it's not just big and deep. It's very long
It's almost two inches long that is insulting.
I have no idea how you would damage the knife that badly a
Mini naki with a chip on it a very big chip on it poor thing
Santoku with another chip on it
another Knot Kiri with 2 chips
Holy smokes tell me you I guess okay. This is an Enzo
VG-10
Look at this chip in this thing
Now I have never seen a chip at the heel. So this one
this person must been using this to open a can
here the classic way of popping me of putting the the
heel into the can of a
Tomato jar and then twisting it there's oh my goodness.
How do you even do that?!
Broken tip and the knife is practically brand new
besides that and it'll utility knife. And this one here is uh,
It's like new
chipped cutting edge
chipped cutting edge chips cutting edge
Chips cutting edge and we got a thing a cleaver.
Let's see what it is here a Nexus meat cleaver and
It is like it's got a tiny little just basic a large burr I wouldn't call it a dent
Well, it's like new so this one will be repaired as well. But very minor
This basically be sharpened
In just like one sharpening cycle and it will be like new again.
Okay, so as you can probably tell
There are a lot of Shun's here and there's a couple of good reasons for it
But the number one reason why you see lots of Shun's
is shown is the number one selling Japanese brand in the US
I think five or six out of ten knives that are sold in the US are Japanese or Shun's.
so you see a significant amount of returns on them
Because there are a lot of Shun's being sold
But also they are a big sponsor of some very very famous chefs on the Food Network
So a lot of people who watch their shows will go and buy their knives or buy the brand
because these chefs have said I use Shun's
and so people who are just either getting internet or just
Hobbyists or cooks and they're not really educated about Japanese knives.
They'll go and buy Shun's because
People that watch or using Shun's on their favorite cook shows and whatnot.
So that's why you see a very very high number of returns
and damaged knives from Shun
You know, I'm not gonna bore you guys with unboxing every one of these knives
I'm gonna sort them out on my own time, but I've got roughly about a hundred knives here right now
Maybe even more than that but a hundred knives
To get rid of
Now I just wanna make a really quick disclaimer there have been some threats
Not life-threatening threats, but basically some lawsuits threats on my channel
Some folks have written to me, email me, left out
messages in the comments area that I am
I'm gonna get sued by them because I have claimed that my
Giveaways are for everyone, which generally they are
but they're claiming that because I'm charging shipping fees that it's not technically a giveaway
So they're gonna sue me
Based on me giving false
Claims that this is a giveaway when they're charging for shipping
It's really annoying when I get messages like that
because I'm just trying to give knives away to people who are interested who want knives
and I charge for
"shipping"
Which is I don't think that's too much to ask for
But apparently, some people are taking it very personally and feel like they should sue me because I'm using the word giveaway
when i'm charging for shipping, um
So from here on out, this is what I'm going to do is I'm no longer going to give away a knife
I'm going to offer my knives that I've got my restore knives, my repair knives, and my cutting boards
I'm gonna offer them for sale for a dollar
So for example when this knife has been repaired and restored and it's ready to go
I'm gonna sell it for a buck and you pay a dollar for the knife plus the cost of shipping
ok, so that settles it hopefully that'll quiet the people who are threatening all sorts of lawsuits against me for
Announcing "False giveaways".....
Sorry guys, no more giveaways and you guys might know who these people are just go through some of my comments
You will see those threats and you guys can take your beef with them
Okay, you know I'm not gonna post their names or comments on the screen
I don't want sort of any harassing or basically threatening towards them even though they probably deserved it
And also they are posting public comments. So but I'm gonna leave it alone
Yeah, I'm not that type of guy so you guys are probably wondering how am I gonna sell these knives for a dollar?
well
I'm gonna offer a number of them to my patreon supporters as a thank you for being monthly supporters of my channel and the rest
of all were given to
like given to sold to
people like working chefs and people who are working and volunteering in soup kitchens and who don't have a lot of resources to buy their
Own quality knives, they will get knives from me. Okay?
so this is a way for me to give back to those who give
To their communities and those unsung heroes like those who work in our kitchens day in and day out
who are underpaid for what they do and don't get the same thank-yous that people like
Celebrity chefs are always getting if you volunteer or work in a soup kitchen or if you are a chef at a restaurant
Hit me up in the comments. Let me know where you work or what
Organization or soup kitchen you volunteer at and
Simply tell me what city you're in because I may actually swing by sometime and say hello and give you a knife. Okay bent bad
Bent how bad is this bent?
Let's see here
Whoa, that is bent bad. Can you see that?
It's like this
It's kind of hard to see I
Don't want to call anyone in you know, any bad names or many mean names but there are some funny people out there
Doing some very funny things
How bad is your chip oh
Dear yeah, you've got two chips. Ah
How do people do this through the knives no box chips
Up chip a tip. Oh, oh, yeah another chip here. Jeez. This is a big chip
How do people chip their knives at the heel? I don't understand it. I
Yanks, that's a big chip. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah
Okay, we've got some cleavers here
Oh
Yeah, yeah, I swear there are people who are trying to become youtubers buying these knives and just trying to break them
tip completely broken off
Yep
the tip is
completely broken off
That's a whole set of Nexus knives
And they're very lightly used
It's a chef's knife. Let's take a look at the chef's knife
Basically buyer's remorse right here
Yep, brand new knife would like new what'd I say?
So these are just the knives I have seen that have damage on though
I'm sure a bunch of the knives and the other two boxes have damages as well
But this is what I've gathered so far and there's about 30 knives right here
And obviously I cannot repair all three knives myself because I just don't have that time
I will do repairs if I once in a while
But I can't be doing like one of these a day or even one a week
So I'm gonna offer my patreon supporters an option to buy these knives for a dollar and then you can repair them
the only condition is I
Request I can't require this
But a request that you send me the before and after and if you even want to send me a video
Hopefully an edited video of the knife before and after and then if I like that video
which I think I probably will I will feature your video in one of my videos and
You know kind of have some fun do a little competition against, you know, different supporters and different knife sharpening techniques
So yeah, so my patreon supporters be ready
There are some serious knives coming to you both damaged and lightly used
And for all my unsung heroes out there those who work with soup kitchens volunteer time cooking for the homeless
Or if you work in the professional setting and you are a chef or sous chef and you work in the kitchen
And you're looking for some good knives. I've got some knives for you
So I can't give a knife to every single person that asks
But I will be working my hardest and doing my best to get as many knives into as people's hands as possible. Okay?
Oh, yes
And also I cannot forget to mention these knives are also applied to me by the folks over a cutlery and more they are
sponsoring the giveaways of these knives on my channel
So I just want to say thank you to the folks over at cutlery more. You guys have never heard of them
Check the link in the video description. They are a wonderful retailer in the US and certainly a really great partner in my channel
They have been a huge supporter of what I've been doing and thanks to them
Hundreds of people around the world are gonna be getting knives for free or I'm sorry for $1
you know not as I cost hundreds of dollars for a dollar and
in the pay for shipping
of course what people being so mean I'm just trying to give knives away and people are threatening me with lawsuits because of a
terminology
Anyways, I guess that's America, it's a country we live in. All right guys, well, that'll be it for this video
Thank you guys for being here and I'll catch you in the next one