Are Cangshan Knives WORTH IT?
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Love the decorative pin on the Z Series and the simplicity of the J series. You can't go wrong with either one.
I’ve been watching your videos for about a year now and I find your reviews to be SUPER informative. In addition to this video I enjoyed your video on Dalstrong and what type of consumers gravitate towards their products. I love to cook at home and I own a taco catering business so I’m obsessed over chef’s knives. I was on the fences about Cangshan because it’s a company I’ve never heard of until recently. This review sold me on purchasing one for the holidays. Keep up the great work and keep sending out those informative videos amigos! Good day chef!
Love the tip profile, really makes it so I don't have to switch between intricate garnish prep and workhorse chopping
Love the TC series handle, it's next level.
Love the handle of the tc series, might purchase them. love your content, keep up the hard work!
I love the idea of that reverse tapered tang. Truly beautiful.
the handles on all these knives look amazing
Thanks Justin for this opportunity 🤙🏽🤙🏽
Love the newer studio space. The production value is getting better and better 👍
I think the mosaic pins are probably my favorite feature, but the spine of the J series is definitely my favorite part about all the knives you reviewed in this video. I personally prefer a thinner spine, so it's right up my alley.
That paring knife does look really cool, the Z series really reminds me of the Kramer chef knife
Love the damascus as well as the dark handle!
I’ve been interested in these for a while but scared to pull the trigger. I think I may have to grab one to try thanks to this video
The blade profile of the first one and the handle of the second one were pretty appealing. Great video, thanks!
Thanks for watching Shilpi!
I'm a big man, I think by the way you described the knife it should fit comfortably in my hand.
My hands are 11". They are definitely large. The Cang Shan knives from Costco was my wife's and I first wedding present we bought for ourselves. They fit my hands like a glove. They are very comfortable and keep their sharpness for a long time. Those knives are one of the best investments we've made. Even my wife finds them comfortable, even if they are big.
My wife's and my respective families grew up with cutco knives, so we are super picky about knives. But we weren't about to spend $2500 on a Cutco set.
Cang Shan knives are just as aesthetically pleasing as the expensive Cutco or Wustoff knive sets. Also, the wood block that comes with it is beautiful.
The j series knife is my personal favorite of the 3 you showed us. I say that because the handle, its foreign, stylish and it uses African black wood and I'm originally from Africa and that makes it my favorite feature.
The african black wood as a knife handle is amazing looking 😍👌🏻
Love the z series and j series... Damascus is my Jam
Chunky handle looks dope!
I was just at Costco the other day and saw a 17 piece set of these knives and I believe they were the S1 Series, do you know the difference between the ones you mentioned and the S1 Series and if it’s more of a bargain set since it was only $230 for that set in Costco Canada?
That’s alot of knives bro
I love the wooden box packaging. Im used to victorinox and I feel the tc series suits my liking.
My hands are 11"- so they are definitely large. Cang Shan knives are super comfortable in my hands.
The Cang Shan knives from Costco was my wife's and I first wedding present we bought for ourselves. They fit my hands like a glove. They are very comfortable and keep their sharpness for a long time.
Those knives are one of the best investments we've made. Even my wife finds them comfortable, even if they are a bit on the big side.
My wife's and my respective families grew up with Cutco knives, so we are super picky about knives. But we weren't about to spend $2500 on a Cutco set.
Cang Shan knives are just as aesthetically pleasing as the expensive Cutco or Wustof knive sets. Also, the wood block that comes with it is beautiful.
Love the bolster shape of the tc series.
I'm looking at getting one of the big sets of Cangshan knives. I am looking at the ones with the no middle in the handle.
I like the handle pins and the aesthetics
I love this unique saya design and the handle of the j series 🤑
Great video! I'd love to see a review of some of their other series, especially on the cheaper end. Their X series seems very interesting, I'd like to see that in specific!
Love the look of these!
Glad to hear it cause dude you won this knife! Send me an email please jkhanna91@gmail.com - thanks for commenting & congrats 🎉
Honestly love the long handle
Of the paring knife. Would be great to have that to prep with!
That petty knife is the perfect length for my garnish game!😎
Hi Justin what are the pluses and minuses for onset bevels on Japanese knives I did remember you saying your misono ux10 had a 50 50 bevel when they come out with a 70 30 ryoba offset bevel correct me if I'm wrong but if this is correct why did you change it to a normal equal bevel .Regards Dean from oz
All my knives are Dexter knives so I’m very excited to expand my collection in other brand knives!!
These magnetic sayas really grab my attention because, as I mentioned previously, I make magnetic sayas. I think it's way better than the pin variety. That said I think these are too similar to what I already own for these to be for me. Whoever gets these though it would appear is in for a treat.
Z series blade style being apt for rocking motion.... Best of both worlds western style blade profile plus japanese style metal treatment. Dont know much about the company, would love to get my hands on one of these!
Not a good combo imo: harder steel / narrower blade edge shouldn't see any rock or walk chopping. Tap chop, push chop, slicing -yes.
Love the contoured handle of the Z series.
Dude you won the Z series! Send me an email please jkhanna91@gmail.com - thanks for commenting & congrats 🎉
This is a good introduction to Cangshan. Could you please review or share your thoughts with their A series? And also your thoughts if 14C28N Swedish steel in general.
I bought the A Series over a year ago. I liked the Cangshan knives so much, I bought the Z Series starter set to keep at our apartment in Bogota. I did a comparison/review. Look for Alan Klevens on CZcams.
just love the saya and damaskus on the j-series
I like the classic profile of the knife, and the connection of the knife/bolster to the handle the most. Who doesnt want a free knife? Lol 👨🍳
Ha well said! Dude you won a knife! Send me an email please jkhanna91@gmail.com - thanks for commenting & congrats 🎉
Balance and weight are huge factors for me when purchasing. Especially if you run a prep heavy the majority of your days.
Any thoughts on Tuo? Bang for the buck.
The wooden sias are super nice as well!
... wooden sayas* ...
Loving this series and comparisons! Have you gotten a chance to handle any knives from Fell Knives yet? I stumbled onto them in Brad Leone's holiday gift guide a few months ago, and recently pulled the trigger on the Big Boy knife he produced in collaboration with him. Really loving the knife so far, but haven't gotten to handle any of his other offers.
Haven't tried out Fell yet - if you DM them, maybe something will happen!
Review a yoshihiro knife
Is it good in regular home kitchen? It's time to buy new 🔪 and my head is spinning. I saw sets at Costco. Should I give a try?
Can't speak to their Costco sets, but I was really impressed with these 3 lines I got to get my hands on.
I would love to win! We talked earlier this month on Instagram and I’d love to have something for prep. I’ve been using a very old Mercer for the last year and I’m not in the budget for a better knife. Thanks Justin!
I love the saya of all these knives because of the magnetic closure system.
The Damascus is giving me some kramer vibes
The Z-Series is my personal favorite. It kinda reminds me of a Kramer, something with the handle and the bolster area (non sharp edge of the knive). I have a feeling nice things are not as alreciated these days - carbon steel keeps reminding you to be attentive and resoectful to the product. But Im only guessing, as I never actually used one...
I just figured out asain blade could mean a straight edge rather than a curve one. A straight edge makes it easier to do push cut.
wanting one of these for a while but never have the money and if i do have it im kinda scared that i may not like and just waste money on kinves that i wont use
I've been working in restaurants for a while but recently started developing my passion and want to get better quality knives. Right now I'm using some cheap Walmart ones that work fine but look ridiculous compared to my coworkers shun wustof and Mercer knife sets. I bought the blade guards that they make a few months ago and they hold up great with any of my cheap knives. After watching this video and some others on your channel I'm highly debating on getting them .
Bryan Converse tojiro is a affordable knife maker
... Shun,* Wüsthof* and Mercer knife sets.
Nice knife
review the TG series, for 60 bucks for a 3 pc. set, thoshe are great.t the 12c27 steel is also prettyt decent steel. usually used by mora for their stainless survival knives.
Damn this knife is dope
I'd like to get to handle a set of these J series. I have recently purchased an upper end Chinese knife set and I'm not real happy with them. The Damascus looked etched on. May favorite feature may be the authentic Japanese look with a more robust Damascus finish, but it's hard to tell when you can't see these knives in person before you purchase.
I wasn't going to mention the other Chinese brand, but you did while I was typing. 🤣
I would respect them more if the Z series weren't very obviously modeled to look like a Kramer knife.
Be proud of your own identity, guys!
I thrifted an 8" X series chef's knife, and it is every bit as good as my Wüsthof, while retailing for less and looking better.
Cangshan Cutlery - No Warranty UK
Cangshan Cutlery provides No Warranty in the UK.
So Buyer Beware!
Concern about the quality of Chinese made knives and the fact that Cangshan offer no UK warranty should surely set alarm bells ringing. Cangshan products are too expensive to risk problems with warranty and zero goodwill.
I found out when on receiving my substandard knife set bought on Amazon UK I contacted Amazon and Cangshan.
The Amazon/Cangshan tag team responded by passing the blame buck back and forth to each other.
Finally after days and days of phone calls and emails Amazon resolved the issue, but be advised, do not expect Cangshan's advertised no hassle lifetime warranty. Cangshan customer services inform me that the Cangshan warranty does not cover the UK. Something I wish I'd had known beforehand.
I just moved to a new house, would love to win!
Send me the knife please. I just picked up a set from Costco I’m checking them out right now, they seem pretty good
That mosaic pin looks suspiciously close to Kramer's one
Same with the handle on the Z Series
@@Xxcertaindeath23xX Was about to write the same. Also, those J-series knives look awfully close to Shun Classics, except for the missing handle cap.
Hey Justin ! that knife looks good but not as good as you, oh and it would look better in my knife roll ahah jokes a side i really love your work and your "mindset" of puting the truth about this job out there, keep doing what love because we love what you do :p
It sounds more like "Tsang Shan" rather than "kangshan", anyway hope this gets me the prize.
ok Chinese company in knives market
I want something a litte less boring than a Victorinox
hello I like the video subscribe wanted to know if you can do a video on this knife set cangshan n1 series 23 piece German steel forged knife block set please I don't have much and want to make sure that this is the right set for the amount. get back to me please
23 piece set? Why do you need that many?
Justin Khanna that’s because I like knifes and I want to be able to cook everything with out a struggling like always I cut my fingers and hand one to many times cuz it dull...
Omg this is just knife porn ahahahah
China #1?
For the majority of the market( home cooks) spending big money is just senseless! Really there are great knives from wallop, Bengoo and others at a fraction of the price of these knives! It's mostly a status thing spending$150 or more on commercial knives or just showing how wealthy you are! Homeowners just don't use their knives anywhere close to what a chef will use. So spending huge money is not practical! Shop around, be smart, read reviews and don't waste your money on the Harley when the rice burner is three times cheaper!
Too much talking not enough cutting