VG-10
VG-10 is a cutlery grade stainless steel produced in Japan. The name stands for V Gold 10, or sometimes V-Kin-10 . 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. 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 also produced some of their most popular models from VG-10 and Fällkniven uses laminated VG-10 in many of their knives.
