There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
I did a lot of asking around about reviews from people who had used this in the field, and while I didn't find a lot of independent reviews, I did find one that is pretty extensive:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/rmj-tacticals-utsidihi-in-nitro-v-very-pic-heavy.1511699/
I also had a very informative talk with the folks at NJ Steel Baron, who commissioned this formulation. Here's more info from their website; you can see that Nitro-V is roughly 25% more expensive than AEB-L (per pound).
AEB-L: http://newjerseysteelbaron.com/shop/aeb-l-2/ Nitro-V: http://newjerseysteelbaron.com/shop/nitro-v/