VG 10 is a great steel. How come no one has brought up steel compositions?
That's how you compare different steels.
Takefu VG 10:
Roughly 1% C, Cr 15%, Mo 1.05%, Co 1.4%, V 0.2%
So looking at it's composition, VG10 steel can take a great edge and edge retention is very good as well. Not only that's it's very stain-resistant
Now what steel are you trying to compare it to? If it's chipping on you, you are either sharpening improperly, cutting stuff you shouldn't be cutting, abusing your knife on a hard surface, or whoever made the steel cheaply/improperly produced it.
VG can be deburred on a strop or soft wood no problem. I sharpen vg10 steel knives everyday. What stones you are using is usually the problem. I use sigma select stones on my harder steels. Since they are designed for high speed steels, deburirng on a stone is quite easy. From there you can go to a strop or soft wood to clean off the rest, just be firm but gentle on the final strops.