Description
TAKEFU MULTILAYER VG1 CORE 67 LAYERS
VG-1 (V Gold 1) is a high-carbon Japanese stainless steel produced by Takefu Special Steel Co., Ltd. Renowned for its superb balance of hardness, toughness, and corrosion resistance, it is frequently used to craft durable, easy-to-maintain kitchen knives that punch well above their price point
- Carbon (1.0%): Provides high hardness (typically 59–60 HRC) and allows for a razor-sharp, wear-resistant edge.
- Chromium (14% – 15%): Delivers excellent stain and corrosion resistance.
- Molybdenum (0.30%): Enhances the steel’s tenacity, wear resistance, and overall durability.
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.
