How to Correctly Sharpen VG10 Japanese Blades – santokuknives

September 22,2024

A VG10 is a premium Japanese blade that is made from high-quality steel. The quality of steel will often heavily influence how easy it is to sharpen your knife and it’s easy to feel slightly intimidated or unprepared when it comes to sharpening a knife of such quality..
We find that most people are always cautious when it comes to sharpening a VG10 blade as they don’t want to make a mistake or potentially ruin their knife. This, therefore, leads to the question of how to correctly sharpen a VG10. The process for correctly sharpening a VG10 knife is not too different from most other knives, there are however some important factors that you need to be aware of to get the perfect edge and we’ll cover these in more detail in this article.

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