I’m a fan of nitride as well, though mine have all been factory finished. Wish more companies used it, especially since most have cut back on SS offerings. Nitride over SS is the best, as on S&W pistols and some Knight MLs.
Very handsome, as well as practical.
Nitrocarburization is a thermochemical diffusion process. Nitrogen, carbon, and a very small number of oxygen atoms diffuse into the surface of steel. Black Nitride is a proprietary variation on that process offered by H&M Metal Processing of Akron, OH, which incorporates some desirable additional qualities. A similar treatment process, under the name Melonite, is offered by Burlington Engineering of Orange, CA, and is used by some gun manufacturers on their barrels.
