What is VG-! steel?

[JohnB52]

I've recently been seeing some knives with VG-1 steel. Is this a carbon steel or a stainless? Thanks

 

[kel_aa]

It's a Very Good steel, in fact number One! None of that Vietnamese "G.I. beaucoup beaucoup number 10!" stuff that confuses the hell out of Westerners.

PS: It's a high carbon stainless.

 

[tarmix101]

Here is a good reference article on AG's site. Take a look,

http://www.agrussell.com/knife_information/knife_encyclopedia/articles/steel.html

 

[Cliff Stamp]

We need a way to merge threads :

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=417215

see also :

http://www.e-tokko.com/eng_original_list.htm

VG-1 basically removes a lot of the alloy including carbide formers (and cobalt which is mainly a HSS element) while maintain a high carbon percentage, so you would expect it to be able to run harder than VG-10, take a higher polish, be tougher though have less corrosion and wear resistance. It should also be cheaper than VG-10. It should be similar in performance to AUS-10A.

-Cliff

 

[Ebbtide]

To understand this steel you must do a search for
Vampire Gerbil.