Initial Impressions-AR RPM9 Steel and Blades

Oh there jimpping needs help but overall impressed with there build and quality and love the jade g10
 
All my cjrb tiga is missing is jimpping and would love a thumb stud but it's a fantastic blade with D2 super smooth and no break in
 
msass74 said:
My arroyo took a good week to break in , the steel is super easy to sharpen on a sharp maker and I strop green and white and I'm good to go
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Over time, they seem to have improved their heat treatment. I haven't done much with it but I've heard good things, including from a friend who sharpens as their job. Reports indicate that it acts a lot like 9Cr18Mov but with improved toughness, responding nicely to stropping, etc..
 
My knife range goes from 500.00 to 15.00 love them all sharping ,stropping and flipping is yoga for my soul
 
But artisan version is thinner behind the edge while cjrb is same thickness as thee d2 on most of there blades not complaining
 
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Been awhile since last responding. I now own 4 knives in this steel. I have no complaints. I like it.
 
Chronovore said:
Over time, they seem to have improved their heat treatment. I haven't done much with it but I've heard good things, including from a friend who sharpens as their job. Reports indicate that it acts a lot like 9Cr18Mov but with improved toughness, responding nicely to stropping, etc..
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This is my experience as well. I reground and fully reprofiled the edge on my Prado to a cheekless convex when I first received it a few months ago (removed lots of steel from the start).

It's one of my favorite budget knives and sees regular. Up until now I have only had to resharpen it once after reprofiling it and I'm really surprised how long I can keep it hair shaving with just a strop loaded with white gold compound.

Could be the new geometry doing the heavy lifting but I think CJRB's AR-RPM9 makes for a great all around edc steel. Maybe they had problems with the HT in the beginning but the one I have responds to stones and strops beautifully.
 
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