Help steelheadz!!!! Vg5????

Your link provides the chemical composition.

Although not all sources actually show it, all compositions are actually ranges. For example, NO ONE provides steel with exactly 1.0% Carbon. They provide steel with a carbon content that ranges from 0.95% to 1.05% if they run tight tolerances. If they run loose tolerances, they might accept steel with from 0.90% to 1.10%. You sometimes see the ranges reported as the average.

So if you want single values for each element, you can take the average of the spread of the range. For example, Carbon is listed as 0.7% to 0.8% on the page to which you linked. So you could list it as 0.75%. That would put it in the range of AUS8.

Spyderco Steel facts says that copper increases the corrosion resistance.. Perhaps mete or razorsharp will tell us more. They should know.
 
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I feel like I was a little vague, I am looking for someone to interpret the steel composition. Thanks for the info on the copper, didn't think it was for corrosion resistance at all.
 
I'm still missing it. how "interpret"?

Like I said, it as a carbon content similar to that of AUS8, which should lead to similar properties. Chromium, Moly, and Vanadium contents are also similar. AUS8 contains nickel. This has half the amount of nickel and replaces the other half with copper.

It looks pretty similar to AUS8 overall. I've never tried the stuff, myself.
 
I've only seen the stuff used in "Tigersharp" disposable blades, and a knife they make for another company. Joe
 
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