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It is a great looking knife, would go great with my brass, trying hard to resist buying....They chose real nice micarta for this, easily as good as sharp dressed knives scales.
... N690 lacks VG10 edge retention, but I find it chips less. Roughly same level of stainless.
N690 is "eh", Kizer is replacing their lower lineup with 154CM, I would've preferred that. Maybe a burgundy or navy micarta. Ti/CF is so overused these days...
As far as N690 goes, it's very similar to VG-10, but it's usally cheaper! And that's goodI was looking at that one today, nice! Love the brass and that little recurve.
N690 is similar to VG-10, it gets nice and sharp easily but doesn't hold the edge as long as some of the other super steels out there so it depends on your usage/preference as to how long you'll be happy between sharpenings.
Enjoy it!