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In todays video we're going to rustle some feathers! We know this is quite the hot topic of discussion, but we're diving in anyways. We're going to first talk about what steel is, and what goes into it. Then we're going to rate all the steels commonly found in Japanese knives in four categories.

We'll tell you right from the intro of this video that there is no on BEST steel, but at the end we'll tally up the scores just for fun to see who "won"!

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Intro : 00:00
What's in knife steel? : 00:37
Elements : 1:00
The three pillars : 2:37
Rating system : 3:32
VG10 : 4:00
R2(SG2) : 4:26
HAP40 : 5:11
SLD : 6:13
ZDP189 : 7:04
ATS314 : 8:10
Ginsan : 9:16
Aogami #1,#2 : 9:55
Aogami Super : 10:55
Shirogami #1,#2 : 11:57
Fairness to Carbon : 13:13
Tally the scores! : 14:58
Thanks for watchin'! : 17:36