GIN-1/G2 Stainless Steel for Knife Blades

Gingami-1/G2 Stainless Steel

Manufacturer: Hitachi

Gin-1 (Gingami-1) or G-2 steel is a mid-range steel used extensively by Spyderco in the early and mid-90`s in just about all their knives at the time. The steel is fairly fine-grained and makes an excellent EDC steel that is easy to sharpen and takes a fine edge.

The knife is also commonly used on Japanese made kitchen knives, along with others from the family such as Gin-3 and Gin-5 steels.

Composition

C	Co	Cr	Mn	Mo	Ni	P	Si	S	W	V
0.9	-	15.5	0.6	0.3	-	0.02	0.37	0.03	-	-

Values are shown in percentages.