Description
TAKEFU MULTILAYER VG10 CORE 67 LAYERS
- Composition: Contains about 1% carbon, 15% chromium, 1.5% cobalt, plus vanadium and molybdenum. This unique blend creates a blade that is highly rust-resistant and capable of taking an incredibly sharp edge.
- Edge Retention: It holds its edge for a long time, but its high hardness can make it slightly challenging to sharpen compared to softer steels.
- Damascus Pairing: VG-10 is frequently used as the hard cutting core in Damascus steel blades, sandwiched between layers of softer steel for added flexibility and striking aesthetics.
Takefu Special Steel Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets clad metals using rolling mills, bonding presses, and diffusion bonding. The company was founded in 1954 and is based in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
Clad or composite materials are composed of more than two kinds of dissimilar metals having high functional capabilities; the bonding process combines the advantages of each metal into one solid piece where the sum is greater than the two parts. Takefu Special Steel Co. supplies a wide variety of cutlery materials not only for household use but also for use in industrial machinery mainly to cutlery production areas both in Japan and abroad. For cutlery steels Takefu Special Steel Co ranks first in market share nationwide in Japan in the manufacture of dissimilar metal composite materials （clad materials. Takefu Special Steel Co also caters to the demands for nonferrous composite materials such as titanium, copper, aluminum, etc. Thus, besides cutlery steels, they have successfully developed a new field of industrial materials such as special metal molds, electrodes, etc.
