I don't think that there's any question if any knife in this price range coming from a well-respected retailer is going to be "good" or not, but rather how it will meet your demands compared to other option in it's price range.
Gator did the most thorough review of the line that Ive seen here:
http://zknives.com/knives/kitchen/ktknv/nenox/nenoxgy270.shtml
It's important to realize that Gator is perhaps THE knife steel geek and author of a both a web and android based interactive glossary of knife steels. So, for him, the quality of the steel may weigh higher in his assessment of the knife than yours.
If this knife is going to get used at home, hung on the wall and just taken down on Sundays or special occasions, then I don't think that edge retention is going to be as much of an issue as if it's going to go to battle in a kitchen for 12hr shifts and needs to last a week before seeing the stones.
Also, when talking about a knife in this price range, a big part of what goes into purchase decision is what makes it "cool" or special to you. For some folks, it's all about performance: they want to know that it's the zenith of cutting performance and that the edge will split atoms or shave god's beard and that it has 0.5 greater HRc and .001micron smaller grain than the next "best" steel (even if they're only going to use it on news print and their own arm hair).
For other folks, they want flawless mirror polish, sexy wood, perfect F&F and for it to look like something Bill from Kill Bill would have hanging above his mantel.
There's nothing right or wrong about any of that, because it's all about what makes the individual happy. If there is something about the Nenox that just gives you that special, deep-down, knife lust and the fact that the steel it not the latest or greatest really doesn't effect it's coolness or usefulness to you, then you will certainly be happy with one.
This forum and it's members are a great resource and help in finding information and experience, but I think that it's easy to fall into the trap of "group think" and to lose the distinction between what other people think is cool and what makes you happy.
That said, I personally have a VERY long list of custom makers and other brands that I would have to work though before a Nenox was at the top of my list.
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