1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:10,400 Some of our viewers who shop at NCX may have noticed that the other day we had a 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:13,040 Jinsu knife set on sale and uh I had a 3 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:17,039 quite a few requests to do an unboxing. So, I'm going to take it one step 4 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:24,160 further, and I'm actually here at Eugi's Japanese Tapest in Vancouver, where 5 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:25,760 um one of our employees, um, well, his 6 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:31,119 name's Ruji, but that's actually nothing to do with the name of the restaurant, but his brother happens to work here, 7 00:00:29,279 --> 00:00:35,360 and he arranged for me to come in and not only do an unboxing of the Jinsu 8 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:40,320 knife set, but also give you guys a short demonstration using the knives. 9 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:44,239 So, here we go. All right. So, as promised, this is the 10 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:49,440 unboxing video for the Jins Su Essentials set. So, this is a 11 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:52,559 fivepiece bake light prep set. Yeah, I'm not actually quite sure what the 12 00:00:50,480 --> 00:00:58,000 pronunciation is of this is. As you guys know, this is Linus Tech Tips, so knives 13 00:00:55,360 --> 00:01:01,039 are not exactly my forte, but here we go. We'll just have a look at the box. 14 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:06,159 See what Jinsu has to say for themselves. Here we've got serrated blades. Okay, so they're commercial 15 00:01:04,320 --> 00:01:09,200 quality serrated blades. Never need sharpening. Many professional chefs 16 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:13,240 recommend and utilize this maintenance-free design. Okay. And then 17 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:20,000 we also have a Sanu knife. Santoku knife. Okay. 18 00:01:17,439 --> 00:01:23,840 The set includes a fine-edged Sanu knife expertly designed for fine slicing and 19 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:26,960 effortless chopping. So here's all of the stuff that is included. Actually, 20 00:01:25,439 --> 00:01:30,720 this says five piece cutlery set includes. So you got four knives as well 21 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:34,479 as a block to store them in. You've got bake light handles, natural wood knife 22 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:38,240 block, and serrated blades. They mentioned that again. and the Jins Su 23 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:42,000 story. Several decades ago, a knife was created created that to this day remains 24 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:45,520 the sharpest knife on the market. It is the Jins Su knife. And if you want to 25 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:48,960 hear just like zoom in a little bit so that uh just move a little closer. You 26 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:53,119 don't need to worry about the zoom. We have an apprentice cameraman today who 27 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:57,360 is one of the employees here at Eugi's Tapas. So uh there you guys can read 28 00:01:55,200 --> 00:02:02,079 that if you want. And uh let's go ahead and get this opened up. So I'm going to 29 00:01:58,799 --> 00:02:05,840 use my uh my trusty Spyderco to open up 30 00:02:02,079 --> 00:02:08,720 this other knife. And there we are. We 31 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:12,400 will find out exactly what's going on inside this box. So, the first thing 32 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:16,800 we're going to find is environmentally friendly corrugated cardboard packing. 33 00:02:14,879 --> 00:02:21,360 It's a lot better than foam. I do prefer to see that versus a foam alternative. 34 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:25,520 We have Okay, caution. Sharp objects. Open with care. I didn't imagine that 35 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:29,280 when I was opening up a uh knife set that I might find some sharp objects. 36 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:34,640 So, it's very helpful of them to uh to mention that for me. Here is our wood 37 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:40,920 knife block, which as long as I can find an opening on one side or another. There 38 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:43,360 we go. I'll be able to show you guys. 39 00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:47,200 So, yeah, it's not, you know, single piece construction or anything, but it 40 00:02:45,599 --> 00:02:51,840 looks reasonably all right. There's a package of do not eat, so make sure you 41 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:56,080 don't eat that, please. And uh we've got so yeah, you got yeah, it's made out of 42 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:59,599 like about six different pieces of wood that are all sort of uh pressed together 43 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:05,280 and glued, but when it's actually sitting on your counter, it doesn't look too bad. It's got little plastic feet, 44 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:11,120 so uh shouldn't scratch anything, which is uh which is also nice. And let's open 45 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:13,040 up the caution sharp objects open with 46 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:16,959 care package. So make sure you're not like, you know, running around while you 47 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:21,040 try and open this up cuz that could be dangerous. There's a tip for you. All 48 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:24,720 right, here we go. Jins Su bake light set. Limited lifetime warranty. So, they 49 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:28,239 are warranted to be free from de defects. The knife will be replaced free 50 00:03:26,319 --> 00:03:33,599 of charge by sending $3 per knife to cover postage and handling fees to that 51 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:38,560 address. Cool. Good stuff. All right. Here are the four knives which come in 52 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:42,640 individual plastic packages and then with paper sheets that somewhat cover 53 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:47,360 the blades. And uh the thing about a knife package is you probably don't have 54 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:54,239 to uh cut it open because you can do that from the inside. So there is the 55 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:57,040 6-in chef's knife with the serrated edge 56 00:03:54,239 --> 00:04:02,400 on it. It's made of stainless. Okay. There is the uh handle. Like I said, not 57 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:06,560 a knife expert. I'm not going to be able to tell you guys nearly as much about 58 00:04:04,159 --> 00:04:11,680 this off the top of my head as I would with say, for example, a motherboard or 59 00:04:08,959 --> 00:04:17,600 other computer component. And next, we have the 5-in 60 00:04:15,239 --> 00:04:24,000 sanu. All right, so that's knife number two. Finally, we have the 5-in utility 61 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:28,320 knife, which has the same uh the same shape of serrated edge as the 6-in 62 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:33,280 chef's knife. And here, why don't I put these in here as we go along? So, this 63 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:38,560 gu is going to go here. This gu is going to go here. And then, last but not 64 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:41,840 least, we have the 3 and 1/2 in pairing knife. Also a serrated edge. So, thank 65 00:04:40,479 --> 00:04:44,720 you for checking out the unboxing. There's still more to 66 00:04:45,479 --> 00:04:50,720 come. So, this is George. This is Ruji 67 00:04:48,479 --> 00:04:55,280 from our RMA department's uh brother, and he works here at Eugi's Tapus, and 68 00:04:53,360 --> 00:05:00,800 he is going to be helping us with our knife demonstration. So, the first 69 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:02,800 object that we are going to slice up is 70 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:07,680 uh please introduce that for us. This is a basic English cucumber. 71 00:05:05,639 --> 00:05:10,960 Excellent. I hope you guys got a good look at that. It's a very complicated 72 00:05:09,199 --> 00:05:15,440 thing. So, uh, George, please tell us about which knife you would prefer to 73 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:19,280 cut up this cucumber. I would probably take this, uh, 5 in Sunken knife. It's 74 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:23,680 got the straight edge. It's probably the one I'm more most familiar with. Okay. 75 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:27,520 Um, this serrated edge. I've never used a knife like this before, but the first 76 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:31,520 time everything. We'll give it a shot. There's a funny thing. We have a 77 00:05:29,199 --> 00:05:35,280 Japanese chef who has never once used a serrated blade. So, I'll get him to try 78 00:05:33,759 --> 00:05:39,280 both knives, and he can give us his impressions of the straight edge versus 79 00:05:37,039 --> 00:05:44,560 the Jinsu serrated edge. So, uh, here, let's have our first cut. All 80 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:50,479 right, that's pretty sharp. Okay, it's pretty sharp. We've gotten that far, 81 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:52,880 folks. All right. And then this part I 82 00:05:50,479 --> 00:05:57,280 do not recommend for novice or beginners. Okay, guys. So, please, 83 00:05:54,800 --> 00:06:02,000 please do not try this at home. I know I say that a lot on my show, but usually 84 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:06,560 I'm just joking. Please do not try this at home. So, he is peeling the cucumber 85 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:09,919 by hand with a knife. In fact, he seems to be going a little bit further than 86 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:14,479 peeling it. I'm not familiar with this process, so we're just going to have to 87 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:18,720 uh stay tuned and figure out what he's doing, but it seems that the Jins Su 88 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:23,120 knife is being operated with a far deal more precision and skill than I could 89 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:27,440 have done. Once the core, just chuck it away. We throw away the core. Okay, it's 90 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:30,319 there in the garbage. Gone. Done. We're done with that. 91 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:42,959 Okay. And then we'll just 92 00:06:46,319 --> 00:06:55,360 So I guess the seeds are unsuitable for uh yes for for Japanese purposes here. 93 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:57,280 Well, in this instance, yes. And this is 94 00:06:55,360 --> 00:07:01,440 a basic julian. And we'll put this inside sushi rolls. Cool. Okay. And I 95 00:07:00,319 --> 00:07:06,479 guess that would have been quite a bit more difficult to do with a serrated edge. That wouldn't have made a lot of 96 00:07:04,319 --> 00:07:11,759 sense. Well, you could give it a shot. Okay, let's give it a shot. 97 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:15,730 Oh, I meant the peeling part, but uh Oh, hey, the slicing part. Hey, this way. 98 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:18,720 This is not too bad. 99 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:25,599 All right, we have more demonstrations coming for you though, guys. We are now 100 00:07:22,639 --> 00:07:30,720 going to uh do a piece of salmon. So, uh, our wonderful volunteer here is 101 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:34,160 going to suggest which knife you would use for the, uh, the piece of salmon 102 00:07:32,319 --> 00:07:38,960 that we have, uh, just sitting right there. Ready? Um, why don't you try 103 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:44,800 both? Can you do both? It's a small piece, but uh, okay, we're going to try 104 00:07:41,199 --> 00:07:45,720 both knives again. 105 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:50,199 All right, here I go. 106 00:07:53,759 --> 00:08:02,720 So there's the knife cutting through the salmon meat. 107 00:07:57,879 --> 00:08:05,840 Now try to serrated edge. 108 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:08,000 It's not working too well. Okay, you can 109 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:14,080 tell. Uh, Chef George's recommendation from the Jins Su Essentials kit seems to 110 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:16,240 be the 5- in Santoku knife. All right, 111 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:20,400 thanks guys for checking out this very random episode of Linus Tech Tips. And 112 00:08:18,879 --> 00:08:24,400 uh don't forget to subscribe for more videos about well really computers, 113 00:08:22,639 --> 00:08:30,080 motherboards, overclocking reviews and such, but apparently we also do knives. 114 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:34,320 Thanks for watching. So it occurs to me now I did promise to actually demo the 115 00:08:31,919 --> 00:08:38,479 knives myself. Although my demonstration will be not nearly as interesting as 116 00:08:36,560 --> 00:08:41,839 George's. So there I cut a piece of cucumber. I also agree with him that 117 00:08:40,159 --> 00:08:45,920 this knife is quite sharp. Now I'm going to try the other 118 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:49,519 one. Oh yeah, that's definitely not as suitable for cutting uh cutting 119 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:52,560 vegetables. So, uh, yeah. Yeah, I'm with I'm with him on this one, but I'm also 120 00:08:51,279 --> 00:08:59,760 going to show you guys the other knives that we didn't look at yet. So, this is the 3 and 1/2 in pairing knife. Okay. 121 00:08:57,519 --> 00:09:04,320 All right. See, can you got stabbing and slicing motion going on here? And then 122 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:08,080 finally, the 5-in utility knife. And now I'm down to the parts of the cucumber 123 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:13,640 that probably aren't that delicious. So, let's find out uh if cucumber tastes 124 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:18,120 good when it's cut by the jinsu 125 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:18,120 knife. It's a good cucumber. 126 00:09:20,399 --> 00:09:25,600 So, thanks for checking out our little video here at Eugi's Tapas. So, we are 127 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:31,440 at Oh, he told me the address, but ah, yes. 2059 West Fork in Vancouver. So, 128 00:09:28,959 --> 00:09:36,240 guys, please feel free to come on down and uh say hi to George. Just uh just 129 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:40,000 tell him you're an NCX customer and you saw the video and uh hopefully he'll be 130 00:09:38,399 --> 00:09:44,000 here when you come by. You can get some Japanese food and it'll all be lots of 131 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:49,200 fun. 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