Comment by globular-toast
Comment by globular-toast a day ago
Also maybe the steel that Wusthof uses, whatever it is. They don't seem to tell you what is, though.
Comment by globular-toast a day ago
Also maybe the steel that Wusthof uses, whatever it is. They don't seem to tell you what is, though.
Wüsthof prints the steel it uses on the blades of many of its knives: X50CrMoV15[0], which is also called 1.4116 and 5Cr15MoV.
It's not in OP's tool, but this article[1] by metallurgist Larrin Thomas includes it. His ratings are 2.5 for toughness, 2.5 for wear resistance, and 8 for corrosion resistance. It is a bad steel for any kind of knife and especially bad at Wüsthof's prices.
[0] https://zknives.com/knives/steels/steelgraph.php?nm=X50CrMoV...
[1] https://knifesteelnerds.com/2021/10/19/knife-steels-rated-by...