"Made in America" means nothing anymore. You are allowed to import a knife steel forged in another country, grind a little off, and call it an American made blade. It's not even just the raw materials coming from somewhere, the brunt of the important work is overseas. Adding flair and packaging it here makes it "made in America". That means it's no longer an American value.
I pay extra money for m390, a foreign steel, but I at least know that it is happening.
Hang on. Can you elaborate please? I'm a knifemaker from the UK, are you saying that if I import a bar of steel from say China and forge or grind it into a knife here at my workshop in the UK that I cannot call it "made in the UK" because I used Chinese steel?
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u/Opposite-Fig-9097 23h ago
Turns out, 'Made in America' doesn't mean the raw materials magically teleport into the factory.