Metal Suggestion & Purchasing
Kitchen knives generally require a sharp edge, high hardness, and good
toughness. The materials generally selected for the manufacture of
kitchen knives are:
1. Overall high-performance alloy materials, such as carbon steel, alloy steel, stainless
steel, etc..
2. Composite steel (three-layer, multi-layer).
3. Edge cladding or inlay welding of high hardness materials, such as cemented carbide,
ceramics, high-speed steel, etc..
Tool Steel Medium Carbon
Stainless Steel
High Carbon
Stainless Steel
Powder Metallurgy
Stainless Steel
50Mn, 60MnMo,
58SiMn etc.
30Cr13,
40Cr13(420J2),
50Cr15MoV(1.4116),
7Cr17, 9Cr18
Series(440A/B/C),
N690, S350VN etc.
VG10, ATS34,
154CM etc.
Tri-ply Steel Edge cladding Titanium Alloy Ceramic
Common method:
Cr13-(7Cr17,
9Cr18)-Cr13
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