These STEEL Business Cards WEREN'T Made with a Laser
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- We're going inside a Chinese factory that makes metal business cards. And it's totally different than I expected.
Order your own metal business cards here: www.aliexpress...
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#StrangeParts #FactoryTour
"I've made something I don't entirely hate". Congratulations, you're now a graphic designer.
It’s China.
Basically they have slaves.
Ooof.. That hit home
This made me laugh. Well done.
@@whteman2 Are you sure about that?
Don’t believe everything you read on the internet
Look at that subtle coloring. The tasteful thickness. Oh my God, it even has a watermark.
Arbiter099 one of my favorite scenes from any movie
I can't believe that Bryce prefers Van Patten's card to mine.
Came for this ^_^
Haha, nice one ;).
I love this movie, its simply perfection, top 3..5? so good.
This is the stuff I'm here for! Even something simple like business cards can be interesting!
F yeah man for real this is the best content
Pretty uninteresting
@@thegoodguy44 Just like your life
ruclips.net/video/cISYzA36-ZY/видео.html
Because it is Strange
Steve Wozniaks business card a decade ago was laser cut sheet metal. Thinner than these and much more cut out lettering, but basically the same idea. He may still carry them around. I actually have one he gave to me. Cool idea man, loved the video!
those are going for 1.5k right now
@@mikemathisen34 I'd keep it, that's amazing
He still hands them out. He had some on Steve-0s podcast a few days ago
Imagine Scotty showing up with this card in the American Psycho scene 😂😂😂
Exactly what I was thinking 🤣🤣
Bro the american psycho scenes cam in my recommendations below this video 😂
BUT... That one had to be in Egg Shell White! Niiiiice!
Dear God, it even has a watermark.
orgasm
Thank you Mr Tong for showing us your factory :)
@Ken Mason Who doesn't?
@@ansonjiang8238 5:21 he wanted to yank Mr Tong lol
No worries
Mr tongs is used for food
Mr Tong I have built a shrine in your honor and my children pray to it daily. Tong Bless.
Tony: There's a machine downstair, that cuts through.....
Scotty: Oh! *face lights up*
Tony: .... but it's too dangerous
Scotty: Too dangerous *disappoints*
Without protective glasses I assume the worker might be in danger already.
top secrets,maybe?
@@trendskai790 no secret, if those high-energy lasers can make their way through metal, they will cause serious damage if mishandled (severe cuts / blindness).
I’m graphic designer and you made it such a amazing thing. I had seen metal press cards before, so you did an wonderful thing. Congratulations. 🍾🎉🎈🎊
Thank you Tony for helping our guy with translations at the factory 😊
The amazing thing about this channel is, Chinese and foreigners can both watch his video and learn something new. Good job!
"This is a really serious operation here." Its amazing they devoted two whole factory buildings for this, and had to move due to pollution/chemicals. They have a good system going it looks like. Like the little cousin of PCBs.
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I never knew about metal business cards, definitely need to make some for personal purposes (first impression guaranteed). Thanks and LIKE
[From google translation]
As a printer always beginner (5 years currently in France), I am really surprised and happy to see that the use of sunscreen film is still used for the creation of these plates at the beginning of the trial. A big thank you for allowing people to know this profession that is disrupted from day to day 😊
A lot of necks were broken in the making of this video
Lmfao so I wasn't the only one that noticed that lol
hahaha
I dont understand
many people who walk past him...looked back at him...
hahhahaa
Those are beautiful. I used to have a metal social security card. I bought it at a mall kiosk when I was 17. I carried it to keep my original safe. Everyone accepted it until around 2005 or so when no one would.
"Strange Parts" is a major brand in my book.
your books too narrow minded then
yes. you do need a business card in China,
to print your wechat QR code
The funny part about that is that on the Card there isn't a Wechat Barcode. Its only a RUclips Link to his channel.
@@aksquad5522 I'd assume those are just for promotional purposes whereas the ones with his personal info has the wechat code.
@@curtisbme Can be possible because at one point he skips a frame to not show the backside
@@aksquad5522 it's on the back, he showed it in the video
It’s actually scary how everything has a QR code in China. I joked to my sister about running out of QR code’s cuz it’s on addresses, cars, random papers, to pay, everything bruh
If someone is wondering what huge brand it was. It was Amazon. I have a friend that works in the Amazon brand accessories department. Sent him this video, and he mentioned that it was them, Amazon. And he loved the prosess of how they got made.
what kind of amazon card?
What kind?
A special kind of Amazon gift card perhaps?
i'm pretty sure they were American Express Prestige black card
i was more amused watching the people stare at him for holding a camera
I love Apple Juice: There aren't many 6 foot plus red heads in China. Maybe it wasn't because of the camera that they were staring. 😯
I would totally buy a card as Strange Parts memorabilia/merch!
That's awesome... Thanks for showing the process! I need to get some cards.. haha
i don't need cards, but i honestly ordered because they look great! thanks for the link :D
rip environment duhh
A friend of mine actually ordered from them and we were really surprised how small of a production run they're willing to make, even at the prices they set. He had like 200 metal clips or so etched and it only took like a month. What even more surprised me was that every single one was individually packaged... The kind of effort that takes would be impossible to get for that price here in Germany
I like that he's been in China for so long that getting honked at from behind doesn't make him jump 😂😂
Awesome video! Your videos inspired me to visit Shenzhen a few months ago.
It would be cool to see a video about laptop shell manufacturers. We now know how they make PCB's.
But I always wondered how they design/manufacture the complete laptop shell. Maybe an Idea for one of your next videos?
Wait, LTX? YOU'RE GOING TO LTX THIS YEAR???? Thats awesome!
Yea, I don't know if that was officially announced yet or not so spoiler. Unfortunately I cannot go as I have to be elsewhere. LTX will be epic though.
It was confirmed that he was planning on going during a WAN Show
That's really neat! Had a feeling how they were made, nice to see in detail.
Not only do you make the coolest videos... Thank for helping me find my new business card supplier! :)
Yes
as a graphic designer with 25y experience that is now stuck glued to computer screen designing shit for facebook and online posts ... this was such a trip down memory lane when i frequent printing presses and watched the magic of my designs turning into real tangible things that you can feel smell hold and admire - thank you
Wow. The cards at 13:22 are actual credit cards with numbers and expiration dates and stuff.
Drago Grossberg yeah american express does metal cards just like that
@@kageversace2931 yeah but I feel like it's irresponsible to put those on the internet for some reason.
But don't showed the verification code.
You are putting Patrick Bateman to shame with that card!
Good someone in the comments made the reference
He would kill for a card like this
Is that an American Psycho reference?
Thanks Jesus! I'm not the only person who thought about this.
The lines are so crisp. The feel is to die for. How dare he show me up like this lol :P
They over there making American Express Centurion cards.... 👀
my first thoughts too!
These are replica collectors with no official AMEX recogition.
www.aliexpress.com/item/Personalized-building-cutout-quality-stainless-steel-business-metal-card/869125865.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.100009.1.3fc43198xt79Da&gps-id=pcDetailLeftTopSell&scm=1007.13482.95643.0&scm_id=1007.13482.95643.0&scm-url=1007.13482.95643.0&pvid=61285d4c-c9b4-4d45-bba5-35506b64c6de
No, it is not the Amex Centurion. At least not the current batch
@@MalteSittig got any photos of the latest ones?
johnny chang wow! Looks so good
I've got Kevin Mitnicks business card. Its metal like this but has detachable lock picks etched on it
That major major brand is American Express black card🤣
Yeah lol you see it in the video
I thought the same
They are fakes. You can see the listing in the store he links. There's a lot of companies making them.
No it’s Apples credit cards
Apple's
I really like your video and hope that your video will add Chinese subtitles in the future, because you have many fans in China.
可以打开自动翻译老哥
@@redman77464 翻譯得非常不準確啊
@@weiesschwein7206 不準 自动翻译 哥哥可準
“Many fans in China” who are accessing RUclips illegally...
@@microsoftcortana9239 😂😂🤣🤣😂
Repaired a network for a company and they gave me this nice clear plastic business card, probably the best one i've ever seen.
That lady at 13:45 should definitely wear laser goggles
This seems like it could be a nightmare when dealing with The TSA EDIT: Many frequent travelers don't use checked baggage.
Nosh Abroad he could just ship it to himself
@@Juanguar He wants to travel to and from America. This is going to come up every time he passes through TSA. Sure, he could put business cards in his checked baggage (if he has checked baggage at all) but the point is to have business card in your wallet so you can give it to someone when needed.
@@MrTeetec I just see them making a stink about having a metal object on your person that could be used maliciously. I have been force to trow away items even more innocuous than this when traveling through American Airports.
Just stick them in a checked bag.
@@descendency Many frequent travelers don't use checked baggage. Especially business travel. I prefer carry on and personal item only to save time.
Cool, I had those made 20 years ago, they were such a hit... people love them
I love how everybody just like turns around to look.
To check out what the white guy is doing in China. You know what white guys are known for, especially in Asia.
It's always fun to see how many people look back at you as you walk and talk to your camera(/phone?)...
Just curious: Do you still feel embarrassed or anything similar when you do it or has it just become normal for you?
It's gotten easier over time, but it's still nerve wracking to shoot in public.
@@StrangeParts And, are there any videos that never came to life, gone inside a stollen camera?
@@rodrodanux8349 Never had a camera stolen, but yes, there are definitely some videos that haven't seen the light of day. Usually because I stopped shooting them partway through and thus don't have an ending.
@@StrangeParts bruh.
That is indeed a very sharp business card...
Love from Batam City of Indonesia!
2:00 this man summarizes graphic design over a period of 8 seconds
totally 🤣
chemical etching has been around used in signs for a very long time. First time seeing such a serious operations used for namecards. Amazed by their whole operation
Got to love China, instead of wearing a respirator the guy dealing with the toxic chemicals wears a surgical mask.
China always made me say “Wow”.
And number one
Makes*
@@WhiteLie---------------------1 numbah*
i visited china in May 2019, i said wow too
China > japan
Keep showing us the factories. I liked them a lot
Hi , could you send me one card please , i just wanna impress my friends when we do coke
😂
My man was thinking the same 👌🏼😤
You don't say coke, you say white lines my friend.
@@manuelescobedo3546 he can say it how he wants
@@manuelescobedo3546 no my friend we say Charlie lmao
This WAS awesome, Scotty! Thanks, man! I'm SUPER-STOKED to get them to make my business cards! They looked awesome, and the options were ridiculous! Thanks again!
If you got a load of them printed, I'd totally buy one as merch......
13:40 , they are making American Express Black Cards lololol
They're probably the fake ones sold from China.
He did say they do major brands so that's possibly where they are made 🤷♂️
Yeah.. Black alright... BLACK MARKET!!
They are fakes. You can see the listing in the store he links. There's a lot of companies making them.
@@WallHaxxx Lol you've been in all the comments saying it's fake. Looks like you need to go and check yourself.
Loved the video. Althoigh, I felt as if I’m watching a younger Conan O Brien hosting 😅
I wonder if that’s where apples new bank cards are made🤔
i received my apple card a few weeks ago, they're very thick titanium, definitely wouldn't be coming from a rolled up sheet of metal
They definitely are coming from a rolled up sheet of metal lol.
@@Pbpred yeah lol
@@kylesmith2990 A swiss army knife is also made from rolled up metal as far as i know 😂
@@Bildschirm100 hopefully with a phillips head screwdriver
Best business cards I have ever seen so sick
When he is walking in the beginning, look at literally everyone looking at him LULW
Wait....you're coming to LTX?
YES!
Too far for me but OMG this is a big deal!
@@lezorn Even if you can't make it to LTX, it's ok. The content that will come out of the event will be amazing!
A thc oil company someone was working at gave me a steel business card with dabbing tools built in. It was pretty neat
Christopher Vega liar
dude weed lmao
"Hēi ! There's a strange man talking to a device on a stick! Must clone and sell!"
Quick Explanation for anyone curious: Most QR Codes have some amount of parity bits contained within them, which is why most will still scan as long as you don't cover too much of it. When making QR Codes, some tools even allow you to specify the amount of parity information contained, at the cost of a bigger QR Code. The algorithm used to create parity data when the code is created is called the Reed-Soloman Error Correction algorithm. These are the levels of error correction:
- Level L will correctly scan a code with 7% unreadable data
- Level M will correctly scan a code with 15% unreadable data
- Level Q will correctly scan a code with 25% unreadable data
- Level H will correctly scan a code with 30% unreadable data.
I have to say, normally I am disgusted with the choices Google makes for me on what videos they think I want to watch but in this case I am jacked that you showed up. I think your channel is friggen awesome...;)
I love your videos! and I really like your energy and personality, I've been watching you since first videos, Im very happy to see you grow so much!
That's so awesome. Im super jealous.
-- "Dream a Little Bigger, Darling"
@@firthlaist218 I can be jealous of something totally attainable lol. I never thought to look into these.
Sir Nicholas
Then please, allow me the privilege of receiving your very second Lazer Cut Bizzy Card ....and THEN dream a little bigger 😆👌🏼
Let's see Paul Allen's Card.
Wow they make the American Express Platinum and black cards there, super cool video
You are absolutely inspiring everyone to be curious.
Love the kids working in the factory
13:18 Get your free credit card details here...
Is the major brand an American Express Black card?
i guess its the apple card
that entire opening scene all the people looking at you is crazy
B-roll with the rainy scene was straight from Ghost in the Shell. Loved it.
Who else things that the the major brand he telling us in the end is Apple ? Maybe for the Titanium Apple credit cards ?
john pantrakis Yep I thought that too
Same
You can see American express black cards being made.
American Express, you can see a few
Cut can order your own Amex Centurion card from his AliExpress store.
with all the sponsor ads i was expecting him to say "im not a graphic designer but luckily i have skillshare..."
Was waiting for it lol
9:04 "There is really smell.... inside" Chinese for, "are you ok to destroy your lungs with all the chemicals"?
I didn't expect such a long tedious process for some finished metal cards, that's quite amazing actually
This video was as everything in this video very and pretty cool.
"i'm not gonna include my email in this video". 1 minute earlier.... yeah :p
Oh yikes thought it was the standard contact email on his site but nope that's probably the email he didn't want to show.
My thoughts exactly... and also his wechat qr code...
That's well spotted and maybe that's not his actual email, maybe he put it in for a laugh. If it really is his email then it might serve him better to delete your comment before everyone notices.
@@DanielVidz How could anyone not notice?
Definitely the Apple credit card. This is great! Thanks for the video.
the card just looks so nice at the end. Chinese people are really smart, too!
I still have some Japanese-made ones from like 1989, and they rock. All other versions I have seen have cutting edges, and get smudgy right away.
135 $ for 100 cards, free shipping to Germany (in my case) if anyone's interested. Considering the result, which seems amazing, this is much, much cheaper than what a quick search brought up. The latter was around 3.50 € (!) per 0.3 mm thick stainless steel card.
Awesome video and tour btw!
Personally I'd just carry a small pocket sized print stamp with a QR Code on for scraps of paper.
thats very creative but also kinda boot leg lol
@@raygrenade1697 How is it a bootleg?
@@josephm8292 its not professional to hand out scraps of paper with ink, especially at a conference
@@raygrenade1697 handing out scraps of paper defeats the purpose of the pocket stamp, If anything I'd stamp their paper and/or skin because I'd amend it to include a non-toxic superluminova ink.
How about temp tattoos that you can stick onto your body that are QR Codes or my personal favourite a small metal square with a QR laser etched into it and a mechanism inside to virbrate intermittently for a couple of hours after being given one.
Nice card! You're right about WeChat in China being so ubiquitous. In just a few years the entire business culture in so many industries shifted from presenting a physical card to offering your WeChat's QR code for them to scan.
i dont own a business but i'm ordering some right now =D
Cool process
Super cool business cards
Shoutout to Inkscape! It's an amazing piece of software
Top notch work done by that company. Your business card looks awesome dude 👍
I think it is the Apple Card
Wow, i have a feeling this guy gets escorted out of most walk thru tour groups. Made me anxious just watching this.
13:25 Unfortunately I'm not surprised that the poor girl doesn't have any laser safety googles on her, there will be plenty of high energy reflections from that surface I can tell you.
I was wincing when I saw that. Thy could at least have a line-of-sight protection panel on the laser.
@@OrinSorinson Don't need to, when she is blind they just change her out with another person. :(
@@dtiydr they will harvest her organs before they send her off.
@@umeriqbal5406 Yea, that's what they earn their extra money from.
LTX and DefCon? Hell yeah! See you at both! Are you going to try and somehow make a video at DefCon or just attend?
Is there anyway to order one of your Business Cards? Would be cool to have one.
Yess, I need one too!
Go to 15.15 on video
There's a link in description
link on the description - its on aliexpress
@@NS-go5eb they probably mean strange parts
Those rails at 1:51 look soooo fun to slate
Thanks for that awesome tour. Great job on your part as well.
Those cards also serve as fancy cocaine line makers and weed grinders! No wonder why they're so popular in the Business community ;^)
they look kiff but you should perhaps go with some carbon fibre weave cards as backups... just incase they "hijack" your steel BC's
12:45 Well I have this 24-bit 4k picture I want on my business cards, I want 10000 and want them within 2 days.
I wanna watch this video all day
Steel business cards was a good idea and cool
Wow...respect to this businesses man. We here in North America just see them as "products" but wow that much work.
very high quality as well