Experience with LC200N's edge retention and toughness?

[Freedom Pullo]

I’m surprised that LC200N does not have edge retention comparable to VG-10, although I don’t have that many VG-10 blades to compare it to. I have had a mule for about 2 years and it has mostly seen work in the kitchen (I used it to score and peel a pack of ribs today) but I have also broken down quite a bit of cardboard and found edge retention to be comparable to S30V.
I think that edge retention for me is something that isn’t often noticed unless it’s pretty far out on either side of the bell curve. I notice it in steels like H1, AUS8 and even sometimes 154CM and again in steels like Maxamet, M4 and S110V.
Lately I have been using and Caribbean and a new (to me) 52100 Military and I’m really surprised at how similar they wear and similar they are to sharpen.

 

[Mo2]

I’m surprised that LC200N does not have edge retention comparable to VG-10, although I don’t have that many VG-10 blades to compare it to. I have had a mule for about 2 years and it has mostly seen work in the kitchen (I used it to score and peel a pack of ribs today) but I have also broken down quite a bit of cardboard and found edge retention to be comparable to S30V.
I think that edge retention for me is something that isn’t often noticed unless it’s pretty far out on either side of the bell curve. I notice it in steels like H1, AUS8 and even sometimes 154CM and again in steels like Maxamet, M4 and S110V.
Lately I have been using and Caribbean and a new (to me) 52100 Military and I’m really surprised at how similar they wear and similar they are to sharpen.

Iirc Sal mentioned the catra tests of lc200n to be similar to vg10. Don't quote me on that but I thought I remembered that from somewhere.