Knife Steel Explorer

Name: Knife Steel Properties
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Filter and sort steels by properties. Click a steel to see its composition and more details.

Min EdgeMin CorrosionMin Toughness

Click column headers to sort. Edge/Corrosion/Toughness are 1–10 scores.

Steel ▲	HRC	Edge	Corrosion	Toughness
1095	57–60	6/10	2/10	6/10
154CM	58–60	7/10	6/10	6/10
440C	57–59	6/10	6/10	5/10
AEB-L	58–61	6/10	7/10	8/10
AUS-10	59–60	7/10	7/10	7/10
CPM S30V	58–60	8/10	7/10	6/10
CPM S35VN	59–61	8/10	7/10	7/10
German High-Carbon	56–58	6/10	5/10	7/10
VG-10	60–61	8/10	8/10	6/10
VG‑MAX	60–62	9/10	8/10	6/10