I have been using VG10 Spyderco knives for years in a shop environment and have had no issues with chipping at all, not even scraping gaskets off of steel engine blocks with my VG10 pocket knife. I have a few Tojiro knives in VG10 and none have chipped. I have no idea what they are talking about.i bought my gyuto as used so i can't tell if it started out as chippy, all i know is that mine isn't chippy at all. i also have another vg10, a shun santoku. bought it for my mom. hers is doing fine as well. bought it new. also vg10, of course.