Originally Posted by
Duelist
To someone who grew up with 420HC and CV/10xx series steels in his pocketknives, this talk of VG10 being a mediocre, long-in-the-tooth steel is odd.
I mean, 440C & 154CM/ATS34 were expensive, hot stuff back then. VG10 would have been a miracle steel. Quite corrosion resistant, good edge holding and toughness, it is as near an ideal EDC steel as I can think of. For me, a tie between it and S30V.
If another steel better suits, by all means, get it and enjoy, but don’t dismiss VG10 or some other steel just because it’s been around for a while. There are more similarities between modern performance steels than dramatic differences.