 Some of our viewers who shop at NCIX may have noticed that the other day we had Jinsu knife set on sale and I had quite a few requests to do an unboxing So I'm gonna take it one step further, and I'm actually here at Uji's Japanese tapas in Vancouver where One of our employees Well his name is Ruji, but that's actually nothing to do with the name of the restaurant But his brother happens to work here, and he arranged for me to come in and not only do an unboxing of the Jinsu knife set But also give you guys a short demonstration using the knives so here we go All right, so as promised this is the unboxing video for the Jinsu essentials set, so this is a five-piece Bakelite prep set yeah, I'm not actually quite sure what the pronunciation is of this is as you guys know this is Linus tech tips So knives are not exactly my forte, but here we go We'll just have a look at the box see what Jinsu has to say for themselves here. We've got serrated blades Okay, so they're commercial quality serrated blades never need sharpening many professional chefs recommend and utilize this maintenance-free design Okay, and then we also have a Santoku knife okay the set includes a fine-edged santoku knife expertly designed for fine slicing and effortless chopping So here's all of the stuff that is included actually this says five piece cutlery set includes So you got four knives as well as a block to store them in you've got bakelite handles Natural wood knife block and serrated blades they mentioned that again and the Jinsu story several decades ago A knife was created created that to this day remains the sharpest knife on the market It is the Jinsu knife and if you want to hear just like zoom in a little bit so that Just move a little closer. You don't need to worry about the zoom We have an apprentice cameraman today who is one of the employees here at UG's tapas So there you guys can read that if you want and let's go ahead and get this opened up so I'm gonna use my my trusty Spyderco to open up this other knife and We are we will find out exactly what's going on inside this box So the first thing we're gonna find is environmentally friendly corrugated cardboard packing. That's a lot better than foam I do prefer to see that versus a foam alternative. We have okay caution sharp objects open with care I didn't imagine that when I was opening up a Knife set that I might find some sharp objects So it's very helpful of them to to mention that for me Here is our wood knife block which as long as I can find an opening on one side or another There we go. I'll be able to show you guys so Yeah, it's not you know single piece construction or anything, but it looks reasonably alright there's a package of do not eat so make sure you don't eat that please and We've got so yeah, you've got yeah It's made out of like about six different pieces of wood that are all sort of pressed together and glued But when it's actually sitting on your counter, it doesn't look too bad It's got little plastic feet so shouldn't scratch anything which is which is also nice And let's open up the caution sharp objects Open with care package so make sure you're not like you know running around while you try and open this up because that could be dangerous There's a tip for you alright here We go jinsu bakelite set limited lifetime warranty so they are warranted to be free from Defects the knife will be replaced free of charge by sending three dollars per knife to cover postage and handling fees to that address cool Good stuff alright here are the four knives which come in individual plastic packages and then with paper sheets that somewhat cover the blades and the thing about a knife package is you probably don't have to cut it open because You can do that from the inside so there is the six inch chef's knife With the serrated edge on it. It's made of stainless. Okay. There is the handle like I said not a knife expert I'm not going to be able to tell you guys nearly as much about this off the top of my head as I would with say For example a motherboard or other computer component And next we have the five inch santoku All right, so that's knife number two finally. We have the five inch utility knife Which has the same the same shape of serrated edge as the six inch chef's knife and here Why don't I put these in here as we go along? So this guy's going to go here this guy's going to go here and then last but not least We have the three and a half inch paring knife also a serrated edge, so thank you for checking out the unboxing There's still more to come So this is George this is a Ruge from our RMA department's brother And he works here at UG's tapas, and he is going to be helping us with our knife demonstration so the first object that we are going to slice up is Please introduce that for us. This is a basic English cucumber excellent I Hope you guys got a good look at that. It's a very complicated thing so George Please tell us about which knife you would prefer to cut up this cucumber I would probably take this a five inch santoku knife. It's got a straight edge It's probably the one I'm most familiar with okay this straight edge. I've never used a knife like this before but So there's time everything will give it a shot. There's a funny thing We have a Japanese chef who has never once used a serrated blade So I'll get him to try both knives and he can give us his impressions of the straight edge versus the jinsu serrated edge So here, let's have our first cut That's pretty sharp, okay, it's pretty sharp. We've gotten that far folks alright then this part I do not recommend for Nobbi's for beginners okay guys, so please please do not try this at home I know I say that a lot on my show, but usually I'm just joking Please do not try this at home So he is peeling the cucumber by hand with a knife in fact He seems to be going a little bit further than peeling it. I'm not familiar with this process So we're just gonna have to stay tuned and figure out what he's doing But it seems that the jinsu knife is being operated with a far deal more precision and skill than I could have done Let's get to the core just chuck it away. We throw away the core okay. It's there in the garbage gone done We're done with that okay and then we'll just So I guess the seeds are unsuitable for yes for for Japanese purposes here well In this instance yes, and this is a basic julienne will put this inside sushi rolls Cool, okay, and I guess that would have been quite a bit more difficult to do with a serrated edge That wouldn't have made a lot of sense well. You could give it a shot. Okay. Let's give it a shot. I meant the peeling part, but oh it is slicing part. Hey, it's nice not too bad All right, we have more demonstrations coming for you though guys we are now going to do a piece of salmon so our Wonderful volunteer here is going to suggest that which knife he would use for the the piece of salmon that we have Just sitting right there ready Why don't you try both can you do both? It's a small piece, but okay, we're gonna try both knives again All right here I go So there's the knife cutting through the salmon meat now Now we'll try the serrated edge It's not working too well Okay So chef George's recommendation from the ginseng essentials kit seems to be the five inch santoku knife all right Thanks guys for checking out this very random episode of Linus tech tips And don't forget to subscribe for more videos about well really computers motherboards overclocking reviews and such but apparently we also do knives Thanks for watching So it occurs to me now. I did promise to actually demo the knives myself although my demonstration of the knife was not very good So I decided to actually demo the knives myself although my demonstration will be not nearly as interesting as George's So there I cut a piece of cucumber. I also agree with him that this knife is quite sharp now. I'm going to try the other one Oh, yeah, that's definitely not as suitable for cutting cutting vegetables, so yeah, yeah, I'm with I'm with him on this one But I'm also going to show you guys the other knives that we didn't look at yet, so this is the three and a half inch paring knife Okay, all right see you got stabbing and slicing motion going on here And then finally the five inch utility knife and now I'm down to the parts of the cucumber that probably aren't that delicious So let's find out if cucumber tastes good when it's cut by the ginseng knife It's a good cucumber So thanks for checking out our little video here at you geez tapas So we are at all you told me the address, but I yes two zero five nine West Forth in Vancouver So guys, please feel free to come on down and say hi to George just Just tell him you're an NCIX customer, and you saw the video and hopefully he'll be here when you come by You can get some Japanese food, and it'll all be lots of fun So thanks for checking out our video and don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips