This fighting bowie features a virtually indestructible vacuum heat treated vg 1 san mai iii laminated stainless steel blade.
Vg 1 san mai iii laminated stainless steel.
Product description the natchez bowie from cold steel was designed with the notoriously rowdy town of natchez mississippi from the 19th century in mind.
I have benchmade fixed blade knives in more exotic steels but some how i keep going back to this knife.
Vg 1 has a carbon c content between 0 95 1 05 chromium cr content between 13 0 15 0 molybdenum mo content between 0 2 0 4 and contains less than 0 25 of nickel ni.
San mai iii provides a blade with hard higher carbon steel in the middle for a keen long lasting edge and tougher lower carbon steel along the sides for flexibility.
I use them for hunting have one in each of my cars atv and go bag.
Vg 1 also known as v gold 1 steel is a high carbon c molybdenum mo stainless steel manufactured by takefu special steel co ltd.
The fallknieven thor is also made in seki japan using a vg10 steel core.
I have 5 with gut hooks and 3 like this knife.
Current san mai iii steel sometimes called vg 1 san mai iii uses a vg 1 stainless core which is a slight upgrade from aus 8.
Both steels are made by takefu steel in japan and are very similar in characteristic and performance.
The cold steel sanmai iii trailmaster is made in seki japan using a laminated blade with a vg1 steel core.
It is not the same steel as vg 10.
The blade is razor sharp and pierces chops and cuts like no other.
The oda features a 7 blade made from vg 1 san mai iii stainless steel which is a laminated steel.
Vg 1 san mai is comprised of three layers of expertly laminated stainless steel combined into one blade.
This is my 8th san mai iii laminated steel master hunter from cold steel.
Vg 1 stainless steel cold steel products.
The outdoorsman san maiiii is a typical example of one of cold steel premium japanese made iconic designs with a satin finished san maiiii laminated vg 1 core 420j laminate 6 blade that features a high hollow grind sharpened top bone breaker and unusual side cut jimping and excellent over moulded sticky kray ex handle.
These are my go to knives.
These three layers give the blade excellent edge holding ability and overall durability.