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VG-10

Stainless steel grade optimized for cutlery

Stainless steel grade optimized for cutlery

VG-10 is a cutlery-grade stainless steel produced in Japan. The name stands for V Gold 10 ("gold" meaning quality), or sometimes V-Kin-10 (V金10号) (kin means "gold" in Japanese). Like various other blade steels, it is a stainless steel with a high carbon content, containing 1% carbon, 15% chromium, 1% molybdenum, 0.2% vanadium, and 1.5% cobalt.

The VG-10 stainless steel was originally designed by Takefu Special Steel Co. Ltd., based in Takefu, Fukui Prefecture, Japan (the former cutlery/sword-making center of Echizen). Takefu also made another version: VG10W, which contains 0.4% tungsten. Almost all VG-10 steel knife blades were manufactured in Japan.

VG-10 was originally aimed at Japanese chefs, but also found its way into sports cutlery. Spyderco and Kizer have produced some of their most popular models from VG-10, SOG categorizes VG-10 as its highest grade of blade steel, and Fällkniven uses laminated VG-10 in many of their knives.

References

References

  1. "VG10 Features".
  2. "VG-10: The gold standard of Japanese stainless steel".
  3. "Original blade steel｜Takefu Special Steel Co., Ltd.".
  4. "DELICA 4 LIGHTWEIGHT BLACK". Spyderco.
  5. "DELICA 4 LIGHTWEIGHT BLACK". Kizer.
  6. "SOG Buyer's Guide". SOG.
  7. "Product information Steel".
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