KAN

27 quoted claims about KAN from 3 named people across 3 sources, covering 5 products, 1 of them raising an objection.

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KAN knife

8 claims 1 voice

1:31 supports J. Kenji López-Alt

i love this knife you see me use it all the time it's damascus steel which means that it's two types of steel that are hammered together 67 layers of steel very nicely balanced super sharp this is my go-to knife

Four judgements rest on this sentence:

recommendation Owns it
performance Owns it cites edge retention
handling Owns it cites ergonomics
appearance Owns it cites build quality

Equipment Charity Sale

0:30 supports J. Kenji López-Alt co-designed this product

Um it's just a really solid mid-range price knife that feels more like a premium knife than the cost would suggest.

value Uses it professionally I Designed A Knife! Introducing the KAN x Kenji Shitoku四徳, a brand new shape for all home cooks

Cites price

J. Kenji López-Alt co-designed this product. Stated in the source: “And with this partnership, um there's going to be a portion of each sale that'll be donated to various charities that are dealing with food insecurity.” Kept and labelled rather than dropped: a paid endorsement is still evidence, and you should be the one to decide what it is worth.

2:01 supports J. Kenji López-Alt

this is the knife actually that we give to all of the cooks in my restaurant if a cook in my restaurant has been working with us for a year this is the knife that we gift them with so you'll see a lot of the cooks in my restaurant using this knife a great a great knife

use-case fit Uses it professionally Equipment Charity Sale

0:30 notes J. Kenji López-Alt co-designed this product

Um I think I got this one, I guess it was 8 years ago. And back then I was opening my restaurant, and I actually got one of these knives for every cook in the kitchen.

ownership Uses it professionally I Designed A Knife! Introducing the KAN x Kenji Shitoku四徳, a brand new shape for all home cooks

Owned 8 years

2:01 supports J. Kenji López-Alt

and i um you know not not super cheap but also not super expensive but if you're in the market for a really great high-end knife this is the one to go with

value Equipment Charity Sale

Cites price

KAN chef knife

6 claims 1 voice

2:01 supports Barney Lund speaking on J. Kenji López-Alt works for this brand

the the chef knife is the first one we made it's the king of the knives it's an eight inch chef knife and we switched the the metal we upgraded it to vg10 as the core instead of aust10 so it's a little bit harder it'll retain the edge a little bit longer still balanced at the bolster and we've rounded the spine so…

Three judgements rest on this sentence:

best in class Uses it professionally
handling Uses it professionally cites ergonomics
performance Uses it professionally cites edge retention

Here Are Some Great Knives (For a Great Cause!)

Barney Lund works for this brand. Stated in the source: “he is the um the guy who makes these knives the con knives that you've seen in my kitchen” Kept and labelled rather than dropped: a paid endorsement is still evidence, and you should be the one to decide what it is worth.

5:32 objects Barney Lund speaking on J. Kenji López-Alt works for this brand

one thing one thing i do want to make sure that everybody knows is these are these are hand wash knives yeah generally like if it's handmade it's hand wash and don't put this on a dishwasher even if it's the the g10 composite handle

durability Uses it professionally Here Are Some Great Knives (For a Great Cause!)

Cites dishwasher safe (against)

2:31 supports Barney Lund speaking on J. Kenji López-Alt works for this brand

but also we worked on the pattern because that we took some of the feedback from our kickstarter backers they got our first knives and we've implemented a lot of that and the very first thing you'll notice is how much more you can see the layers yeah it's real so the damascus layering looks we're really happy with…

appearance Uses it professionally Here Are Some Great Knives (For a Great Cause!)

Cites appearance

2:01 supports Barney Lund speaking on J. Kenji López-Alt works for this brand

we took a lot of the lessons that we learned and there were plenty to learn from the first kickstarter uh both in manufacturing and in logistics and we're applying it to all these other new knives and uh i think you're really gonna like the improvements so we'll leave you with a nice new version of the concord chef…

durability Uses it professionally Here Are Some Great Knives (For a Great Cause!)

Cites build quality

KAN santoku

2 claims 1 voice

3:01 supports Barney Lund speaking on J. Kenji López-Alt works for this brand

we've got this one i'm particularly happy with um these are all kind of prototypes so we've still got a couple little tweaks left to do on the final versions but the six inch santoku um this is a pleasure to use like this one

recommendation Uses it professionally Here Are Some Great Knives (For a Great Cause!)

3:01 notes Barney Lund speaking on J. Kenji López-Alt works for this brand

oh yeah yeah the balance is gonna be just slightly closer to the front right

handling Uses it professionally Here Are Some Great Knives (For a Great Cause!)

Cites ergonomics

KAN Shitoku

7 claims 3 voices

4:31 supports J. Kenji López-Alt co-designed this product

One of the things I like about that sort of combination of sharpness and sharpness and flexibility is that it makes it really good for like filleting and cutting and taking the silver skin off of a a tenderloin or taking the the skin off of a fish, but I can I can show you like on a mango, for instance. And you can…

performance Owns it I Designed A Knife! Introducing the KAN x Kenji Shitoku四徳, a brand new shape for all home cooks

Cites edge retention, flexibility

See if we can get a shave a bit of tomato off here. That is That's pretty thin. Think I can get thinner. Yeah, that's That's a nice sharp knife.

3:30 supports Sarah speaking on J. Kenji López-Alt

So smooth. >> Oh, yeah? The knife? >> Yeah. Wow. I'm impressed. It's very comfortable. I think especially for my hands, having something that's like a little bit shorter is nice. A little bit more control in my hands.

handling Tested it I Designed A Knife! Introducing the KAN x Kenji Shitoku四徳, a brand new shape for all home cooks

Cites ergonomics

3:00 supports Barney Lund speaking on J. Kenji López-Alt works for this brand

So, this knife balances right at the bolster, which is where a knife should balance, so that you're sort of getting the most work with minimal effort. And then it also goes up at the tip. Yeah, so having the balance there for a pinch grip or a chef grip, like the way Kenji's holding it, that's the way it's designed.…

handling Uses it professionally I Designed A Knife! Introducing the KAN x Kenji Shitoku四徳, a brand new shape for all home cooks

Cites ergonomics

Barney Lund works for this brand. Stated in the source: “and my friend Barney runs a company called Kaan, and they make some excellent home cook knives” Kept and labelled rather than dropped: a paid endorsement is still evidence, and you should be the one to decide what it is worth.

Yeah, I mean, we wanted to make a knife that feels comfortable for like all hand sizes with a more uh traditional western shape, you might end up doing a rock chop like that to to cut through here.

5:01 supports J. Kenji López-Alt co-designed this product

I got to say the experience of sort of designing and going through all the iterations and figuring out what the materials and stuff are, all of it was sort of stuff that was carefully considered. Even this little bit right here, we sort of figured out what angle we want that to be to sort of balance control with with…

durability Owns it I Designed A Knife! Introducing the KAN x Kenji Shitoku四徳, a brand new shape for all home cooks

Cites build quality

4:00 supports Barney Lund speaking on J. Kenji López-Alt works for this brand

These santoku knives are designed that so that you can do that rock chop, because we have that curve there. Um but you can also do a more sort of standard Japanese style cut, which is more of like a chop like that. Yeah. Cuz it's got that flat area. So, it gives you a lot of options.

use-case fit Uses it professionally I Designed A Knife! Introducing the KAN x Kenji Shitoku四徳, a brand new shape for all home cooks

Cites versatility

1:00 supports J. Kenji López-Alt co-designed this product

So, like a more typical santoku drops off and it has a pretty flat bottom here. I wanted to add to that a little bit more of a of a curve and a taper here. Um so, that's why we call it shitoku, which means four qualities. So, it has the same qualities as the santoku, plus it has sort of the tip of a a gyuto, like a…

use-case fit Owns it I Designed A Knife! Introducing the KAN x Kenji Shitoku四徳, a brand new shape for all home cooks

So, the knives, they've got the sort of basic shape of a santoku knife, a Japanese santoku knife, but the tip is more like a a western knife. Um so, they're meant to be this kind of like hybrid, which I find really nice for things like shallots, cuz um you get the tip of a western knife, so you can like you know, get…

5:31 supports J. Kenji López-Alt co-designed this product

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I got my Um they also have my signature guava pink and golden yolk banding on there. Um which my nails are not done with those colors today, but they typically are. And then we got your Kaan logo. Um and on the other side we got my little egg yolk.

appearance Owns it I Designed A Knife! Introducing the KAN x Kenji Shitoku四徳, a brand new shape for all home cooks

Cites appearance

KAN knives

4 claims 2 voices

0:00 supports J. Kenji López-Alt co-designed this product

and my friend Barney runs a company called Kaan, and they make some excellent home cook knives.

best in class Owns it I Designed A Knife! Introducing the KAN x Kenji Shitoku四徳, a brand new shape for all home cooks

7:32 supports J. Kenji López-Alt earns commission on this

anyone who is anyone who already has one of these con knives and it's you know been a couple years now like make sure you learn how to sharpen your own life you're gonna love it the same way that you had it day one when you got it out of the box

durability Passing on someone else's experience Here Are Some Great Knives (For a Great Cause!)

Cites edge retention

J. Kenji López-Alt earns commission on this. Stated in the source: “and uh don't forget to use the promo code kenji to get a little extra off” Kept and labelled rather than dropped: a paid endorsement is still evidence, and you should be the one to decide what it is worth.

Owned 2 years

7:02 supports J. Kenji López-Alt earns commission on this

so again um con knives not a paid sponsorship i just like the knife

recommendation Owns it Here Are Some Great Knives (For a Great Cause!)

0:30 supports Barney Lund speaking on J. Kenji López-Alt works for this brand

Our goal was to try to get a really nice knife into the hands of like aspiring home chefs >> Mhm. >> without having to pay the price of really expensive knives.

value Uses it professionally I Designed A Knife! Introducing the KAN x Kenji Shitoku四徳, a brand new shape for all home cooks

Cites price