Re: What is “Niro Steel”
I am now (almost) in the refit stage (the fun part) of my boat rebuild, and I was buying new fittings for my (very little) boat, hence the tripling of the boats total worth.
I have seen this stuff in the Internet, Marine Catalogs, & at the two local Marinas.
I needed new stainless steel bolts, screws and related, so I went to a large local building store that has a small but high quality boating section. Almost all of what I needed I found in another section, high quality stainless steel, but not all. In the boating section, where I found the rest of what I needed it was all marked “Niro Steel”, and was much more expensive.
If it helps to nail it down, I am in Germany, and the websites where I have seen it mentioned before, are all commercial salt water ship & yacht builders, but none of these sorces say what “Niro Steel” is or why you should use it over normal stainless.
I asked at the store, but the three men there all said the were not trained in this area, and could not elaborate in detail on the boating merchandise. Apparently their expert is only there two days a week.
I Googleed it also, and all I came up with was that this steel is used in expensive stuff.
