Aogami Blue Super Steel is another high end knife steel production by Hitachi.
Aogami is a carbon driven steel so whilst it will be very hard it will also be more likely to be corrosive - so for these knives you need to take care of them.
You will notice a much lower contribution of Chromium when compared with classics like VG10 or AUS10.
The steel composition is as follows:
| Elements | Aogami Steel |
| C | 1.40-1.50 |
| Si | 0.10-0.20 |
| Mn | 0.20-0.30 |
| Ni | - |
| Cr | 0.30-0.50 |
| Mo | - |
| W | 2.00-2.50 |
| V | 0.30-0.50 |
| Co | - |
| others |
