Japan Tool Haul_ MARVEL, Star-M, Makita, VESSEL, Panasonic, Shinwa, NiigataSeiki, SILKY, Razorsaw

Amazon tool haul time. This video could be a pretty wild ride. There's a lot of tangents I could go down. I'm gonna open all of these up and lay these out. Before I do that, Marvel Knife was a freebie with my order at JDV Tools, out of New Jersey. Not to be confused with JDT Tools, also out of New Jersey. I'm gonna put a link to JDV Tools in the description of this video. They are a vessel tools supplier in the United States. They have products that you can't get on Amazon USA. It's when I bought these vessel items, they had a promotion for a free Marvel Knife. This is an electrician's knife with a fixed blade and its own locking holster. And I don't know if this sharpening pad is diamond. I'm not sure what that is. The sheath is also made in Japan. This is not a magnet, it's just part of the grommet that holds the whole thing together. Let's open these up. Let's start with the Vessel Galaxy. This is the, what is it, black or gray? This one is made in Japan. Has USB-C charging. It has three speeds controllable with this button. Leave it on the high speed because that's the highest torque. And then I got a couple sizes of these Kirokin bits. Nice. And then I just couldn't resist this black and gold Panasonic Exona. This one is made in China. This is the 850 RPM. Usually it's realistically more around 800 RPMs. This is one of the included bits. That's the Panasonic EZ-1D11. This one is also USB-C charging. It's got 850 RPMs printed on the end cap. I'm not gonna go into a deep review of those because I have other videos that go really deep into these. I also have another video that goes really deep into these. So this is another belt-worn snap blade disposal product made in Japan. Here's the brand name. You can open the disposal container. It's long enough to fit a full blade. I don't know why they put this piece of double-stick tape right here. That's kind of annoying. I have another video that goes very deep into these products. All right, next we come to the Makita Lite. Viewer reminded me of these in one of my other videos where I reviewed these products. This is the 7.2-volt battery here, which fits in here like that. And it also accommodates the larger 10.8-volt batteries, which I don't have any of. The cap has a nice O-ring on it. It feels like it's sealed up really well. So this is IP54. The ML-102 is made in China. This knob converts it to a flashlight. So there's the flashlight mode. And then this is the lantern mode. And that's the Makita ML-102. I suspect that the algorithm saw me looking at camping-related stuff. This is a made-in-China folding knife. They did induction-harden the saw tips, but it feels kind of cheap, and I don't know why I bought this. I have far better options, such as this made-in-Japan Pocketboy Curve 170. You can see how that compares to this. If I had to choose between this and this, I would choose this every time. Continued my exploration of these Japanese carpenter squares This is the Shinwa 62006. I spent at least an hour this morning researching this, and there's still things about it I don't understand. When I first looked at this, I thought that this was shaku. Shaku is denoted with this capital R-looking symbol. And what that is, some people call it the Japanese inch. It's an ancient measuring system that comes out to 30 thirds of a meter. So when you see 30 thirds of a meter, this isn't inches, this is Japanese shaku. And I put this on here, I realized, oh, that scale on the square, that's not Japanese shaku. That doesn't line up with that at all. It actually lines up with metric. It's just a different labeling of the metric. And I'm just noticing that this tape measure, it's a little bit off. Let's see here. Yeah, this one is right on. So both of these tape measures are Niigata Seki, and this is Shinwa. So Niigata Seki has the Kaidan scale that has the stair steps. This is Shinwa. Shinwa doesn't have that. I think it's because of patents. So on this side, the metric scale measures from this end. That's fine. Then you flip it over, and the metric scale measures from the inside. Great, that makes sense. But I still can't figure out what this scale is. These Japanese characters say triangle I. I just didn't have any more time this morning to figure this out. If you know what this is, please do tell. I'm still learning about all these variations of Japanese carpenter squares. You know, here's another example by Niigata Seki. It has the stair step scale. If you're ever suddenly interested in Japanese carpenter squares, like I recently have become, the variety is endless. Choosing these can be really confusing because all of the different variations of the scales they put on these. I'm still learning about these and collecting these, and I'm not ready to do a big comparison video about these yet. All right, then just real quick, I got another one of these Nevanon coated stainless steel scissors. These things are so nice. This purple one was the first one I discovered, and it is so smooth. So these are made by the brand Silky. This one is the 170, and then I also have the 210. These are all made in Japan. I'm always on the lookout for these small items to include in an order that don't really affect the shipping, and you just get more value out of all of the money you spend on shipping. So this is Razor Saw brand. It's made in Japan. This is a metal cutting blade. There's the model number. Basically a metal cutting hacksaw blade that fits in a utility knife. Forgive me if I don't demonstrate this. I think we all know how hacksaws work. For now, I just want this to look all pretty in case I decide to put this on Instagram. Speaking of knives, this is the Vessel TPK-30. This is the three pocket version of a series of these that they have with one, two, and three pockets, specifically made for the TPK-30. This is the DAC one and two. So I would probably have the pocket on my right side, and I would carry the knife in here like this. If you want it on the left side, then this ends up on the inside, and it appears to work either way. So they've got these little indents right here that lock this in. So that's kind of nice. The three pocket version leaves me two more pockets. Here's a Kirokin cable cutter. That thing fits perfect in that pocket. Here's a Three Peaks flush cutter. Okay, that doesn't like to slide in there very easily. Okay, it does fit. This contour and these particularly, these little bumps right here tend to catch on that pocket. Here's a Fujiya. Has a simpler handle. Yeah, that slides in and out of there super easy. What about my Kaiba? This one has the spring. Yeah, that works in there really nice. What about my Tsunoda flush cut? Okay, that, it's a little tight. It doesn't slide in and out of there real nicely. I think it's because of this edge. This edge here is really gonna beat up that fabric over time. This style does not work in here at all. So this Facom is way too bulky. That'll never fit in there. Yeah, that's not gonna fit in there. What about a less bulky Facom? Yeah, it doesn't, no. I mean, it fits, but it's really, yeah, that is not convenient. All right, what about a VDE side cutter? Nope. What about an NWS? Yeah, that one could work, but it's not convenient. Just too bulky. So here's a look at the back. Belt loop is riveted down. So we'll do this Star-M last. We'll look quickly at this. So this is a hobby item by Wave. This is for adding detail to gun cloth panels. This was a new product. This is made in Taiwan. This is not the cutter. This is not the knife. This is the guide. The blade fits in here. Oh, interesting. So they provide a bit for tightening this. Okay. Don't really need that, but that's okay. When you adjust your offset, then you scrape that along an edge. All right, so this is a new product by Wave. This is the HT580. The Star-M 5010 will cut a hole from 60 millimeters in diameter all the way up to 200 millimeters in diameter. This drill bit is a 10 millimeter drill bit, and this can cut a hole 30 millimeters deep. Obviously, you can cut holes in plywood. And then for cutting holes in sheetrock, they've included this center pin. So I bought this bit thinking that this was a alternative to the self-feeding bit. So this is made for this style of product, but just not this one, because it's not 10 millimeters, so it doesn't fit in here. So this was a mistake. Let's look at this thing. This thing is pretty amazing. Both of these knobs have to be loosened. Actually, it goes down to 52. So they've got an outside cutter, and then they've got an inside cutter. Actually, that goes out to almost 210. What is that, 208? So instead of using a gear, they use this cable system. The cable wraps around this wheel, and that's how they keep the center drill bit centered is with that cable system. Pretty interesting. These are replaceable, and I believe that these can be replaced with carbide tips, and a metal cutting drill can be put in here. Then you could cut large circles out of aluminum. They make a number of different variations of this. I think this is the heaviest built one. I'm dying of curiosity. Let's go demonstrate this thing. All right, so I've got this in the Makita, and the first thing I noticed is this thing is just perfectly balanced. Even at high speed, that thing is balanced. So I've got it set to the smallest diameter. I've got both of the locking knobs locked. This is not a shop tutorial. I gotta watch focus. I gotta watch how I'm framing my shot. Got some tear out because I didn't go back at the other side. There was just a little bit of burning. I can smell it getting hot. This was much more controlled than I thought it would be. I thought this thing was just gonna be crazy. All right, let's try this. This is 140. Woo, yeah, that's what I was expecting. This thing is aggressive. So if it doesn't look like I'm doing everything perfectly, I'm trying not to put my arm in front of the camera. I'm trying to stay out of the way. I'm watching focus. I'm not doing a shop tutorial. I think we all know you're gonna get tear out in a situation like this, but it's not too bad. As long as I keep the drill perpendicular to the work surface, it stays pretty tame. As soon as there's any kind of an angle, it does get pretty wild. I don't think that comes as a surprise to anybody. This is the max, which is about 208 millimeters. I think I can just barely fit. It'll just barely fit on this thing. Let's see here. Let's slow this thing down to speed one. That feels pretty crazy. This feels pretty crazy. I gotta move that out. I'm gonna hit my bench here. I just gotta move this out. So this is, this is what, eight and a quarter. So this is six and a half or six and five eighths. This is the biggest hole saw that I have. This thing is a little scary. Eight and a quarter inches gets pretty wild, especially when there's a gap in it, but we all survived. Well, that was interesting. So that is a demonstration of the Star M5010. Hope you liked that Japan tool haul. I've got other videos that go into these products more deeply. Check out some of these other videos. I appreciate any use of my affiliate links in the description below. Feed the algorithm for me, stay tuned, and thank you for watching.