Just ordered a master hunter.... Is vg-1 chippy?

[Krissig12]

I figure the blade as a whole should be quite tough due to the laminating, but will the vg-1 at the edge chip easily (like if you were to hit bone or rock, etc)? Anyone have any experience with hard using this knife?

 

[ursamajor]

One of the most underrated knives on the market. It does not chip easily.

 

[Freman Bloodglaive]

I have a couple of VG-1 Cold Steel kitchen knives. No chips so far.

 

[UCPOPO]

Never a chip out of any of mine.

 

[Bigfattyt]

I had a trailmaster in san mai and never had any chips in 10 years of chopping.

 

[G. Scott H.]

I had a trailmaster in san mai and never had any chips in 10 years of chopping.

IIRC, VG-1 San Mai came out in 2006. Any San Mai prior to that had a core of AUS-8, I believe.

 

[Angus McGunnigle]

One small chip in a Pendleton hunter that was 100% my fault last summer when I whacked edge hard into a piece of hog-wire when slicing zip ties off of temporary goat pen. Smoothed out easily with a little work. I was using the wrong knife for that kind of work, IMO. CS VG-1 is excellent.