Wusthof Knife
Posted by admin on February 9, 2010
What material does Wusthof use for their knives?
i have Wusthof Grand Prix II chef and paring knife and i also have a classic santoku. what type of metal does wusthof use to make these knives?
X50CrMoV15 – German steel. Very stain resistant. Other than that not much to speak of. The cryptic X50CrMoV15 stands for 0.5% carbon, the other 15% is composed of 14% or 14.5% of Cr, some Mo and V.
More on knife steels – http://zknives.com/knives/articles/knifesteelfaq.shtml
Kitchen knives steels – http://zknives.com/knives/kitchen/misc/articles/kkchoser/kksteelp2.shtml
High Carbon in knifemaking refers to any steel with 0.5% or more Carbon in it. Which is very low, especially for today’s standards.
Better steels today have above 1% of carbon in them…
Wusthof Wave Knife – Cooking.com
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