Jack is such a shitbag consoomer. These knives are literally the same scam shit that the Chinese pull all over German Amazon as well (is it a US company?). They make up a German brand name (others actually buy out name rights of older respected brands) and try to sell it as "quality" goods. Only stroked out boomers fall for this shit.
I haven't even watched the video and I am already mad at Jack.
Also this "German 5Cr15Mov steel" might as well be Chinese steel. Why wouldn't they use Chinese steel? China is one of the biggest producers of steel worldwide.
And it really doesn't matter who made the steel if the alloy is made to spec. What matters is the heat treatment of the knives, and at that price point and "quality" it is probably not very good.
I actually had to google the alloy, because it definitely didn't sound like the German designation for any steel I know and more like the Chinese designations found in a lot of pocket knives.
First thing I found was.
"[...] it is the Chinese equivalent to German X50CrMoV15 steel [...]"
So where does the steel really come from? Who knows.
Maybe it is just a gimmick because a German company first made 5Cr15Mov/X50CrMoV15 ? I know these marketing scams pull shit like that all the time.
I would rather buy a "proud Chinese product" situation type of deal like this:
https://www.dictum.com/en/special-purpose-knives-fac/chinese-cooking-knife-708082
instead of buying shit product just to consoom.
Also what is it with all the knives Jack? I own like 4 knives at the moment. One normal size santoku (11+ years, 60€), Ikea Chef's knife (10 years / 16€), small santoku (8 years / <10€) and some small paring knife I don't remember the time or price.
I can't even buy new knives in good conscience because my old ones "just work" and I do sharpen them myself.
Instead of buying new knives, Jack could just review sharpening systems. Maybe focus on ones that are usable by disabled people (like himself) and he might actually just have made worthwhile content (and sharpened his knife hoard, assuming they don't throw out stuff on the regular...).
PS:
Just went on the Steinbrücke website

German knives you guise
Now I need to watch the video and get even more mad. Also need to watch his review on "Japanese" knives to see if he bought shit again.
*puts on top hat and walks out*