Any updates on Nitro V performance?

[Rhinoknives1]

I find that resistance to acids is a big deal at least in home kitchens. I use a lot of citrus and it can really take the "bite" off a edge. Even with my M4 pocket knife it is amazing how much it affects the edge. I like to score the peel on my oranges to peel them. I find that peeling 1 orange will have my edge more than 20' of cardboard. Meat and veggies are another story. As American chefs are moving from French high fat flavors to fresh bright flavors that make use of acidic foods I think stainless blades are going to be a bit more desired.

I sell many of my AEB-L/ Nitro-V Culinary knives to private chefs and with the “California Fare” there is Lemon here, Orange there, a fair amount of Chile’s for South of the border fare etc ——-////—-In darn near every meal for the “poor” & picky folks they cook for around here! ———————————————————-The corrosion resistance of these Steels Especially with the salt air from the Ocean is really appreciated by these Chefs & cooks..

 

[skillgannon]

I sell many of my AEB-L/ Nitro-V Culinary knives to private chefs and with the “California Fare” there is Lemon here, Orange there, a fair amount of Chile’s for South of the border fare etc ——-////—-In darn near every meal for the “poor” & picky folks they cook for around here! ———————————————————-The corrosion resistance of these Steels Especially with the salt air from the Ocean is really appreciated by these Chefs & cooks..

I have noticed for a while with my pocket knife and it is very noticible. I have had 3 m4 pocket knives 2 benchmarks and a spyderco and it is by far my favorite steel. I have even sharpens the blade and performed the rind slicing and others could notice the difference as well. I didn't really think about it for kitchen knives until last weekend when I had 3 new blades that I just finished and we had guest over for dinner. I did some bar tending and made some drinks with a lot of citrus and then used 3 more lemons for dinner. All the knives went from hair popping sharp to having a hard time scraping a couple of hairs off tour arm.
For the way I cook I'm going to how mostly stainless.

 

[Mark A Lovell]

I did a search on Nitro V but so far all I have found is info about the composition, HT, and makers who said they had some coming in. What I am wondering is if anyone has gotten to a point now where they have finished a knife from it and if they had any feedback. The Canadian supplier I use just bright some in and I was interested in maybe giving it a shot. Up here the price is about $7 CAD more per foot for 1/8x1.5. I have been fairly happy with the AEB-L I have been using and wondered if you guys thought this would be a worthwhile improvement. I have quite a bit of thin AEB-L still for kitchen knives so I would be looking at 1/8 for hunters, just as a reference of intended use. I have also been using some CPM154, and being that the this NitroV is about $14 per foot cheaper up here, I was curious if it would be a viable trade-off.

I fully understand that steel isn't the place to save money, I'm just wondering if anyone has commented on how good the steel is and if it would be a worthwhile buy. Thanks, guys.

I own an RMJ Sparrow that was manufactured with Nitro V. It seems to be a top shelf performer. I use it in the field for cutting nylon rope, hemp rope, whittling, cleaned some small game and fish, and a myriad of other chores. She holds an excellent edge and I haven't had the need to sharpen it in a year. She still slices the paper test. She is crazy sharp, so extra care is necessary, I took 5 stitches. I've only been cut 3 times since 1963 at age 8. I'm not a metallurgist, and certainly not a knife expert, but I wouldn't seem or trade her. She is my EDC. No rust issues and she cleans well, but this is where I sliced open my finger. I hope this helped a little. Oh, she is rated 58-60 HRC. ~Mark~

 

[jll346]

I was just going to buy a knife in nitro v. I had read there were some major flaws in it when it came out. I have to assume it has been improved?

 

[trackstar55]

I have a Massdrop Perpetua that was made in Idaho. It has nitro V. While I haven’t put it through it’s paces, it seems fine to me.