Collection: 8Cr13MoV blade steel

8Cr13MoV is a Chinese made stainless steel widely used in the knife making industry.  The XCr13MoV standard is an easy way to assess knife quality with the X indicating Carbon / Chromium content.  Higher the number higher the content. So 9Cr13MoV steel contains more Carbon / Chromium than 8Cr13MoV. So 7Cr13MoV will not be as hard as and and have poorer edge retention than 8Cr13MoV.