[pandemicsyn]

This will be interesting. I wonder what will happen to Dr Larrin Thomas (https://knifesteelnerds.com/about-me/) he's been able to bring some new knife steels to market while working for US Steel by day. Wonder if Nippon allows side gigs.

[hef19898]

I do have a bar of 40-layered high-carbon steel from Nippon Steel and another one of white-paper-and-low-carbon-steel with a iron (!) core from Hitachi in the basement waiting to be forged into swords. So, going from that, I think the Japanese (!) management should be fine, the local US management might different so.

Thanks for the link, some great resources on that site!

[riversflow]

If you are new to knifesteelnerds, but not steel in general, and like blades, don’t just check out the site, make a beeline to read about Magnacut. Super cool and exciting.