Comment by Zak

Comment by Zak a day ago

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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...