Epic opening shot of the three knives and feriasium rod on the stump. Great video, I really like the fact that you state that in the past you had a bad experience with this steel. It shows that you are willing to keep checking out different heat treats and HRC levels to find what works. God bless you and your family.

So much shade I thought there was an eclipse

you have helped to design a great knife

Sweet knife for sure. I’m a fan of Nitro-V. You’re right about high hardness on Nitro-V making improving the performance. Levi does very good work.👊🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔪🇺🇸

Nitro V is a good steel, so is AEB-L which I would put in the same category. They both need to be run hard to get the most out of the steel. When done right they are impressive for the money. An interesting thing about many stainless steels is that when the are run hard they loose some stain resistance. I have seen this in several data sheets from the steel manufacturers specify this in their heat treating instructions. Apex Alchemy just did a very interesting hardness test on a new Pasific Salt in Magnacut. The result was in the high 59's which is way to soft. I bet it was a decision to run it at a lower hardness to maximize stain resistance sice it is in the Salt Series. I take care of my knives and don't care about stain resistance. A knife is a cutting tool, make it as good as possible for that purpose!

Great video Erica! So pumped for these 🔥

The otter looks so badass, glad to hear that upping the heat treat made nitro v work even better!!! 😁

Kudos for my fave❤

Very cool! Have a great weekend, E!

I thought it was snowing after the first batonning 😂 good sunday my friend wish my soft knives were more bity

I own a bunch of knives in 14C28N and NITRO-V. Very similar to each other in performance. I have not needed to actually sharpen any of them yet. A touch-up on a steel kit all they've needed. I'm fairly sure that the knives I own are on the softer side 60 to 61 HRC. Good video, Erica. Thanks

I had a custom nitro v blade.i snapped the tip easy.it was hard to sharpen.what is funny I I have aeb-l custom fixed and I love that steel.

To Otter or not to otter, that is the question .... (couldn't resist) Some times the term stainLESS should have been turned around to stainmore, as people think LESS means Not at all. Glad you saved your finger(s) from a bandage or supper glue. Good solid content as always

At one point during this video I actually brushed the palm of my hand over the screen of my laptop a few times, because I thought that there were ants running over it!!! There were no ants there, obviously, as the ants were running all over the stump you were working on in the video!! 🤣. Your testing videos are literally driving me Buggy, E!!!!! Hahahahaha!! Super interesting testing and analysis of Nitro V!!! Besides just putting it back in the kydex sheath covered in water and dirt, you could maybe leave the Otter submerged in random noxious fluids, chemicals and irritants overnight and try to force a Nitro V patina!! LOL. On the menu tonight?....Acetone and balsamic vinegar!!!! The Otter wants a vinegar bath!!! 😂. I bet you could force an epic rainbow patina!! That is seriously the most perfect camp knife that I've ever seen!!! Love it!!! Congrats on the Otter drop!!! Another awesome video, Erica!!!! ❤🧡

You make cool stuff and GREAT videos!!! What is that ferro rod that was in your opening shots?

Super nice blades! That tiny one would make an awesome size EDC knife if they get the heat treat a little better! Good stuff Erica!

Cottage heat treats really put production heat treating to shame. I’ve had AEB-L in the kitchen really impress me.

I’m thinking about getting the native 5 in magnacut or the benchmade 940 which do you think is the better buy.