A method of manufacturing a cutting member include cutting a first metal material to form a first portion of the cutting member; cutting second metal material to form a second portion of the cutting member, wherein a first edge of the second portion has at least two line segments, a curve formed by the at least two line segments being mathematically continuously differentiable; welding the first portion and the second portion together; raising the cutting member blank to a first temperature at a first rate and holding raising the cutting member blank from the first temperature to a second temperature at a second rate lower than the first rate and holding, and raising the cutting member blank from the second temperature to a third temperature at a third rate not higher than the second rate and holding.

A method of manufacturing a cutting member include cutting a first metal material to form a first portion of the cutting member; cutting second metal material to form a second portion of the cutting member, wherein a first edge of the second portion has at least two line segments, a curve formed by the at least two line segments being mathematically continuously differentiable; welding the first portion and the second portion together; raising the cutting member blank to a first temperature at a first rate and holding raising the cutting member blank from the first temperature to a second temperature at a second rate lower than the first rate and holding, and raising the cutting member blank from the second temperature to a third temperature at a third rate not higher than the second rate and holding.

Provided is a stainless steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition, in which a total volume fraction of Cr-based carbides with a grain size of 2.0 μm or more is 10% or less.

Provided are: steel for knives, having a higher hardness and better corrosion resistance than conventional steel for knives; a knife; steel for martensitic knives; and a production method for same. The steel for knives comprises a component composition containing, in mass %, 0.45%-1.00% C, 0.1%-1.5% Si, 0.1%-1.5% Mn, 7.5%-11.0% Cr, and 0.5%-3.0% of either Mo or W or a complex of both (Mo+W/2), with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. Also provided are steel for martensitic knives and a knife. A production method for steel for martensitic knives is also provided that includes a quenching temperature at quenching of 1,050-1,250° C., a processing temperature for subzero processing of no more than −50° C., and a tempering temperature at tempering of 100-400° C., and obtains steel for martensitic knives that has a hardness of at least 700 HV.

Provided are: steel for knives, having a higher hardness and better corrosion resistance than conventional steel for knives; a knife; steel for martensitic knives; and a production method for same. The steel for knives comprises a component composition containing, in mass %, 0.45%-1.00% C, 0.1%-1.5% Si, 0.1%-1.5% Mn, 7.5%-11.0% Cr, and 0.5%-3.0% of either Mo or W or a complex of both (Mo+W/2), with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. Also provided are steel for martensitic knives and a knife. A production method for steel for martensitic knives is also provided that includes a quenching temperature at quenching of 1,050-1,250° C., a processing temperature for subzero processing of no more than −50° C., and a tempering temperature at tempering of 100-400° C., and obtains steel for martensitic knives that has a hardness of at least 700 HV.

Disclosed is a method for producing steel for blades having a metal composition consisting of, by mass, 0.55% to 0.8% C, not more than 1.0% Si, not more than 1.0% Mn, 12.0% to 14.0% Cr, not more than 1.0% Mo, not more than 1.0% Ni, and the balance Fe with impurities, comprising: a batch annealing step for batch annealing a material to be cold rolled having the metal composition at a temperature of 500° C. to 700° C. for 3 to 30 hours; a continuous annealing step for continuously annealing the batch annealed material for 5 to 30 minutes so that the batch annealed material is heated to at least an Ac1 transformation point of the metal composition step to obtain a continuously annealed material; and a cold rolling step for cold rolling the continuously annealed material, wherein the continuous annealing step and the cold rolling step are performed at least once, respectively.

Disclosed is a method for producing steel for blades having a metal composition consisting of, by mass, 0.55% to 0.8% C, not more than 1.0% Si, not more than 1.0% Mn, 12.0% to 14.0% Cr, not more than 1.0% Mo, not more than 1.0% Ni, and the balance Fe with impurities, comprising: a batch annealing step for batch annealing a material to be cold rolled having the metal composition at a temperature of 500° C. to 700° C. for 3 to 30 hours; a continuous annealing step for continuously annealing the batch annealed material for 5 to 30 minutes so that the batch annealed material is heated to at least an Ac1 transformation point of the metal composition step to obtain a continuously annealed material; and a cold rolling step for cold rolling the continuously annealed material, wherein the continuous annealing step and the cold rolling step are performed at least once, respectively.

Provided is a martensitic stainless steel having excellent productivity and high corrosion resistance, which comprises, as percentages by weight, 0.45 to 0.60% carbon, 0.02 to 0.08% nitrogen, 0.2 to 0.4% silicon, 0.3 to 0.6% manganese, 12 to 15% chromium, one or more kinds of 0.1 to 1.5% molybdenum or 0.1 to 1.5% tungsten and Fe and other unavoidable impurities as remnants.

Provided is a martensitic stainless steel having excellent productivity and high corrosion resistance, which comprises, as percentages by weight, 0.45 to 0.60% carbon, 0.02 to 0.08% nitrogen, 0.2 to 0.4% silicon, 0.3 to 0.6% manganese, 12 to 15% chromium, one or more kinds of 0.1 to 1.5% molybdenum or 0.1 to 1.5% tungsten and Fe and other unavoidable impurities as remnants.

Provided is a blade material having high strength. The blade material contains, in % by mass, 0.5 to 0.8% of C, 1.0% or less of Si, 1.0% or less of Mn, 11 to 15% of Cr, and 0.1 to 0.8% of V, the remainder includes Fe and inevitable impurities, and has a thickness of 0.5 mm or less, wherein the structure of the blade material as observed after polishing the surface thereof has ferrites and carbides, the carbides have an average particle diameter of 0.5 μm or less, and a proportion of carbides containing V in the carbides is 50% or less in terms of a proportion in an area of a field of view.