N690 Steel: Is N690 A Good Blade Steel?
Their edge retention is slightly lower than that of CPM S30V steel but on par with the likes of 440C stainless steel and 154CM stainless steel. Bohler N690 knife steel is also much easier to sharpen due to its relatively low Rockwell hardness of about 60HRC compared to that of hard VG 10 stainless steel, which can get to up to 62HRC. N690 vs …