thumbnail|Camillus tanto folder with "Titanium Carbonitride" coated VG10 blade
thumbnail|Camillus tanto folder with "Titanium Carbonitride" coated VG10 blade
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.
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