440C Stainless Steel

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About 440C Stainless Steel

440C is older, but still very reliable steel. Before the advent of more modern steels like VG10, it was the dominate steel found in Japanese kitchen knives. 

Steel Composition -  Carbon (C) 1.1%, Chromium (Cr) 17%, Molybdenum (Mo)  0.75%, Vanadium (V)  0.2%, Manganese (Mn)  1%, Silicon (Si)  1%

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