Are COOLINA Knives bad? 

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Definitely needed to see this. Almost pulled the trigger on these.

Your honesty and transparency is always appreciated, Pete! It's definitely refreshing in this day and age.

I am so glad I did my research before buying a four knife set for $267 USD. My brother is really into cooking and he only has some cheap cooking knives, so for Christmas I wanted to buy him a really nice set. I went onto their website and something really bothered me with how they have 25k reviews and they have 5 stars. Nobody has 5 stars and perfect reviews. There is *always* going to be somebody who loves to complain for whatever reason, but I couldn't find a single negative review and that off alarm bells for me. Thank you so much for honestly reviewing this company and for giving the suggestion of Victorinox, I will definitely look into their sets!

This is what a review should be people!!!!! Thank you for saving me the money great video.

If you've seen the ads you know you're using them wrong. You must, must have a huge beard and look like you're ready to invade Lindisfarne. That is law!

For the money this seems like a terrible value. $90 USD is way to much to spend on this.

I was going to spend good money on these!!! Thanks so much for your recommendations!

Still laughing at the huusk add that claimed it was “so sharp it was banned”

I have a few of these, and I like them. No bend in mine though. I wash, hand dry, and oil them with olive oil after each use. I use a stone soaked in water to sharpen. They work fine for me.

Incredible last clip.

Is there tip down carry version available?

Saying a knife better than the HUUSK is like saying that some pizza is better than dominos - it pretty much has to be :P

Imagine how I felt when my K Sabatier showed up looking roughly the same, maybe not quite that bad but nothing I'd ever seen before, and with gaps between the scales and the carbon-steel tang for a delicious amuse-bouche to go with it. I worked to straighten it-the bend was down deep toward the heel-and it's more or less back in shape and I filled the gaps but jeeze, if you're sending me a damn project knife it would be nice to warn a guy.

Buy Chinese knives where Chinese people buy Chinese knives. I went to a Chinese butcher store 20+ years ago in Montréal Canada I bought a 9 in butcher knife and and large cleaver with a honing Steel. This is the only butcherknife I have ever owned in these years and it's the only one I use daily. You can hardly tell the difference between the original Edge close to the handle and the rest of the blade it's almost the exact same original grind. It's still very sharp, only honed for 20 years, still sharp. Full tang, solid brass handle inlaid with solid steel.

Thank you, good sir, for your honest work

Thanks for the review! I bought the virally marketed "milk street - nakiri" and love it - glad to not fall for this one.

for 100 you can get such nice Nakiri (A Square Japanese Vegetable cleaver-ish knife) from reuptable brands! that this sells.... really shows how stupid people are :( :( :(

Is Ur Aim Gettin Better ... Yung Fella 😂🤣. Good Shot...

I really enjoyed this posting, a bent knife, ridiculous!!😂😂😮😮

These suck, kamikoto suck, dalstrong sucks, pretty much every Facebook knife does.

I have a Mundial cleaver (made in Brazil) I got for about 10 bucks. It's awesome. As a point of comparison.

Saw the “ad” on instagram and was interested but thought I would check out reviews. Saw your review and am really grateful. Thank you for such a good and realistic review.

I use Victorianox boning/breaking knives...solid brand and they dont suck....there a bunch of awesome knife brands out there, coolina just isnt one of them

Outstanding! I almost bought into the ads. You just saved me upwards to $200 depending on which “sale” I fell for. Funny how I couldn’t find country of origin on their website.

Coolina does the same marketing all cheap product manufacturers use. Inflate the MSRP, be vague on the materials, and use influencers who either get paid for the good review or have no clue about the product. These things are always never worth the price you pay for them.

You’re going from Aussie knife Mad scientist in his rope cutting lab to a knife Batman, saving newbs from criminal knife douches selling garbage to the ignorant! I salute you dark knite!

I bought 4 of them. They dull quickly and need re Sharpening. That and they are made in 🇨🇳 China. Kinda odd that we will be at war with them in the future, and we are supporting our own demise. Lmao

I have had knives for years, much cheaper still don't rust, the Coolina rusted on the 2d day.

lmfao na not the freaking stompping horse hahaha that was hilarious. love the video mate wish i watched this after i just spent $400

The problem with sweatshop labor is it makes tired, mistreated woekers and so quality suffers.

Yes! What is the black crap all over the sides? Paint? would never use that knife food preparation.

Are the Coolina horses as big as Clydesdale horses?

A bull 🐃 in a China closet. That's what bent your knife.

Still sore over losing the Emu war, eh?

I will sell anybody a sharpened piece of mild steel. Hit me up if you want that premium mild.

Does your family ever get served strangely cut pieces of meat and think “Pete has been reviewing knives again.”?

I am really glad I saw this review before I wasted my money on a Coolina. Thanks!

Mace Family Homestead reviewed that knife also. Their knife had no defects.

Without exaggerating I would rather be homeless than have one of these knives in my house.

China! I knew it! They kept that secret.

You must not be in the know Pete, horseshoe plate quenching is the way of the future in heat treating. It’s adds a nice even bend in the blade lol

These knives look like turds. They're all over fb. Not a chance in hell I'd buy a, single one of these pieces of crap.

You know... the Cold Steel Espada XL would work as a cleaver too... just saying

From a recent ad I’ve seen they’re selling rebranded Huusk knives now

After watching this video (same as the huusk one) I'm not getting all kinds of ads on Facebook for them. (Thanks! ...?) Anyway, they mentioned the steel used was 1080.

I picked up bone from same factory via Ali Express for a laugh. The big 'Serbian' style cleaver. Quite happy with it apart from the paint but then I use it for hammering crap out of things (bone) and for baking. I paid under $20 though

Happy New Year Pete! Wish I had a use for a cleaver. Not that cleaver, but a cleaver in general.

The brand I keep seeing advertised is "Kamikoto", they are totally obsessed (in a marketing sense) with Japan, bragging about Japanese steel and basically mentioning it as often as possible, they're Japanese owned and based etc - when I did some digging, they are actually *made* in China of 420J2, at 53 HRC +/-2. A possibly 51HRC, 420J2 santoku from them costs almost $150 USD. Absolutely terrible.

Buy a ten dollar stainless steel Chinese cleaver from Walmart.

"Victorinox has been making Swiss Army knives for years" - Pete understatement of the century :D

1st! I recently bought a Chuka bocho (Japanese made Chinese style clever that is thin for vegetables). So I'm interested....not so much in the husk, that thing was chit

So glad i watched this, i almost bought their buy 2 get 3 free. But when i divided my total by 5 i got a lil iffy about this. Thank you my guy!

Honest review thank you

This is why I love the channel. Real honest reviews

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Thanks for the video. I love my 60 year old Old Hickory carbon steel cleaver, I can still get the same one @ many local hardware stores. The only thing is you have to treat it, like you treat your cast iron pots & pans to keep it from rusting.

$89? 40 bucks in Ali Express! Including the 20-ish dollar leather sleeve..

Pete - for the sake of your lower back you should check out an adjustable height kneeling chair. If it's a model with a large height adjustment range, you ought to be able to attain a more comfortable level in relation to your workbench so your shoulder could also benefit from the kneeling chair.

Why didn't you use their Two for the Price of One offer....so you could have had two Coolina knives. thoeticaly?......

Thank you for this! it helped me make a better, more informed decision. What would be your top recommended chefs knife?

carbon vs stainless WHAT PERCENTS every knife is a carbon and stainless knife

I say RETURN that knife!!!I wouldn’t keep a bowed up knife and I would tell them that it has been reviewed on your show, showing the damaged curved blade!!

Made of Chinesium. Go own and collect Zwilling or Wusthoff if you want lifetime knives AND a quality warranty.

My victornox cleaver is strictly for processing occasional wild game. My Henkel cleaver I use as a veggie cleaver. Victornox doesn’t cut Brussels sprouts as well as other large, heavy knives. Still wouldn’t part with it, as useful as an ulu. It’s a great pizza knife!

Thank you, I keep seeing these with good reviews. I am glad I found this.

jesus christ sometimes when i forge a knife it's not pefectly straight down to the tenth of millimeter, like if you're looking for it, you will see the irregularities, but in the hand and while cutting it's imperceptible (you can only give so much for a certain price when you hand forge and make all your blade from basic scrap materials and ingots). BUT THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS. Why would anyone sell a knife this badly warped ? Depending on the temper you can actually straighten it with a hammer and a makeshift anvil, but still... why... who said it was okay...

This review is based off ONE knife, not the whole collection.. im sure all companies have their defects that pass under the qc but that doesnt mean every one, every single type is gona be as bad as this ONE! 😂😂 but every one here seems to think so.. i got 4 different kinds of these, different styles, all came sharp and straight and are beautiful and brutal! U my “friend” got jipped!! 😂😂

This video is the stuff of someone trying to get attention by trashing products. Kind of like a movie critic that you ignore and see the movie anyway. I own 4 of these knives. None came with the supposed defects he shows (the blade didn't look bent when he unwrapped it). All my blades came razor sharp, straight and after use remain sharp. They are made out of high carbon steel, will rust if you don't oil them after washing. They become stained from veg juices. They need (veg) oil for protection. High carbon steel makes excellent knives that are hard and maintain an edge. It's a shame that some people would pass up on these great knives because of this hack. This review probably won't make it to comments.

They are not bad, but overpriced. I found the factory that manufactures Coolina Knives in China. They have some overflowed promaja and the price is $5.

If nothing else, they’ve done one thing amazingly well. They provided a job for a washed up Zangief (from the Street Fighter franchise). He’s in their RU-vid commercials, and they are hilarious when they aren’t trying to be. When he looks at the camera and says “God I love her!” referring to his wife. There has never been a less convincing declaration of love in history 😂. I feel like it needs a paraphrase in printed text below that says “I plan on murdering her in cold blood!” It’s campy in the most entertaining way. Then, their other adds are full of double entendres that are so on the nose that they are genuinely funny. They’re ironically funny, because you can tell what they were going for when they missed. Don’t know anything about the knives.

I definitely ordered a buy 2 get 2 free from them just a few hours ago 😫. Excited but less after watching this. But hey 4 knifes for $200 bucks can’t complain.

I bought 5 of the Coolina knives, all 5 are great and have absolutely no problems. they are all Straight and have all held the edge perfectly. if I was you, I would return the one you got and get a replacement. I personally plan to get more of the knives. A video on how their customer service is and how they handle a bad product return would be interesting and appreciated as that could influence the decision to buy other products not just knives also.

The real cost came to my inbox 🤣🤣🤣

If you still feel like victorinox is expensive, buy a tramontina, especially the masters edition line up. Best budget knives out there, can't beat the price and the steel together. They get really sharp and keep its edge decently.

Cooling is crap. You get what you pay for. Now they have a cheap “buy 2 get 2 free.” What hot garbage! People are suckers too and they don’t do their research. You get what you pay for.

A ton of information perhaps presented in too little time. I do woodcarving so sort of anal about sharpening and steels . First of all carbon steel will rust. Claimed that it sharpens better than stainless steel I think that depends on which stainless steel it is. For commercial use you can no longer use high carbon non stainless steel Knife shape. Using a cleaver in food prep is sort of oriental style. I use a chief knife. The sharpening angle is important. Everything is a compromise a narrow angle will be sharper but is more likely to crumble or even break in hard use. A broad knife such as the cleaver will allow food to stick to it. I have a draw full of quality knives but I use 3 of them. Poor quality knives, we all have some, are good for weeding in the garden.

Nice, funny video! Using the Huusk money to buy the Coolina :D Sometimes good things happen on the internet. cheers!

Kiwi brand make knives of similar quality to the Victorinox

Coolina is one of several companies who do the same thing, work with a factory who stamps out knives with anyone's logo who pays the fee. I actually bought a knockoff of a knockoff, the stamp was from a company called Pole.Craft, who are themselves this kind of company too, only the knives I bought were Coolina-style kitchen knives, not the kind PC usually releases. They were, when I bought them, 30 bucks a piece USD, and they came with leather sheaths. I was amazed that they were actually straight, the sheaths are heavy and seem to be well made. I bought them imagining them as project knives to work on, but the fit and and finish was good out of the box. I got them out of the box and forced a patina, honed up the edges and put them to work. So far, so good, for being off brand knockoffs, they cut remarkably well, they hold a pretty reasonable edge, the only real issue is, they're thick and heavy, so they will split veggies depending on how you're cutting. But I was very happy once I took them to my stones and put a real edge on them, found out the hard way they were extremely sharp. Aside from a couple small personal accidents, they really chewed up a new cutting board I bought about the same time. I just think it's weird that a knockoff of a knockoff ended up being of better quality than the knockoff.

Thank you for wasting your lucre for us. It is appreciated 👍.

If you only payed like $10then maybe one could say "its a bit rustic & it has some flaws but its fine" however at that price point etc it kind of just cant be justified.

They jacked up my order and added 2 more knifes from a special that i did not want, and now all forms of communication back to them shows email error or call failed. Are they shaddy? Stay tuned... I will report back

5 minutes in, i already can see the absolute shit it is. Stayed to the end for the entertainment value 😂

In my experience mid priced department store kitchen knives are just fine. I've had a $30 Kitchenaid chef knife for years and have no complaints. In fact I'm pleasantly surprised at how well the edge holds up.

literally saw an ad for these in youtube, and the commercial accidentally showed how terrible these are 😂😂 if the commercial can’t even pretend a brand new freshly sharpened optimal conditions knife is good, how do you think it’s gonna be after a few years of real use? lol what a terrible knife!

Just that fat bear selling them on every commercial on youtube tells you everything you need to know.

As bad as several others which look much the same. Awkward, clumsy, prone to rust.

Btw, that’s a slicer, not a chopper or cleaver. Their chopper has a 9.5mm spine and cleaver 11mm

Was legit just gonna grab a few of these with there buy 2 get 2 deal. I will pass now. Thank you sir for the review

The bend is really helpful for mangling chickens.

Holy shit I had to lookup the smoking meats video after watching this. I was not disappointed.

Thank you for the video. I thought the knives are U.S handmade 🤦🏻‍♂️

Pete, it's cool to see you break out the old work sharp. I feel like that was a large part of your early channel. Have you thought about testing the edges you get from the original compared to a work sharp ken onion?

I wouldn’t buy one just because of the guy they use to advertise them he’s embarrassing to watch

Pro Tip: Nexus makes BD1N kitchen knives. They work well.

Just save your $80-100 and use your lawnmower blade

Like most knives advertised on social media, chump knives.

I don’t know why I even watch these. I have no need for any kitchen knives. Cutco knives all day long. I guess I like to see them get torn down.

Chinese cleavers are actually not intended to be hard use kitchen tools. They are the chinese equivalent of the chef's knife, and are often referred to as "vegetable cleavers". So, this knife having a thin edge is not necessarily a knock against it unless it was specifically advertised as a meat cleaver.