New Steel Analysis – Damasteel N11X and Damacore DC18N

[Larrin]

In this article I discuss the new Damasteel product Damacore DC18N along with its core steel N11X. This has been my first chance to do an "early analysis" on a new product. Hopefully these companies start coming out with more stuff so I can provide my quick take. I talked about what N11X is, and what its expected performance is relative to the typical Damasteel DS93X made up of RWL34 and PMC27.

https://knifesteelnerds.com/2018/10/15/damasteel-n11x-and-damacore-dc18n/

 

[bondoo7]

Very nice article, but those products raise a lot of questions about what Damasteel really trying to do. Yes, they are all premium products but what is the real benefit using such combos?

 

[timos-]

Looks like it will make awesome kitchen knife. one reason to have a combo like this is to have the core steel look and still get a mono steel like performance. many of the san mai blades have soft cladding that does not harden.

 

[Willie71]

I too find the choice of a nitrogen steel puzzling/interesting. Maybe it just adds to the “exotic” nature of the product. I like nitrogen steels myself, but I rarely (never, really) get people asking for them. I plan to use more, but that’s just to go into a niche that few people are in. I like doing things differently than others. I like the toughness, and fine edge stability, but I’d be hard pressed to say nitrogen steels are better than aeb-l. It’s just different.

 

[shqxk]

This should be a great alternative over Chad Nichols's core damascus. Really sick of that stuff because it came off-centered 80% of the time which pretty horrible for such a expensive billet.