Help me find a nitrided knife?

[os2firefox]

I have been looking around and cannot find a hot salt bath / nitrided (also known as melonite, tennifer, isonite and the like) knife. Anyone know if there are any makers or am I stuck sending in for the treatment?

 

[jfk1110]

I believe Ag RUSSELL's sandbox bowie and the smaller hunter models are done in some sort of salt bath and they recently had to upgrade theirbaths for the DM1 steel used.

 

[mete]

That's a carbo-nitrided process like GLOCK .When the carbo-nitrided part is done it gets another process which makes it very wear and rust resistant.

 

[os2firefox]

I checked the ag Russel website and it sounds like the process they use is different than meloniting. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Ajack60]

I have been looking around and cannot find a hot salt bath / nitrided (also known as melonite, tennifer, isonite and the like) knife. Anyone know if there are any makers or am I stuck sending in for the treatment?

You may have better luck in the knife makers or maintenance forum.

 

[Vicarious Reality]

I remember reading that melonite was harder than all knife steel, is that right

 

[os2firefox]

Iirc, it has a range between 60 and 80 hrc depending on materials and treatment type. That's the exterior-most part and the hardness tapers off as you go from exterior surface to the inside. Also has some some of the best corrosion resistance properties for a steel.