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The concensus on other blafeforums was as mike said. The problem is they claim using the term san mai is confusing to customers and resembles their tm. It is bs of course but they can afford lawyers...

Indeed. And Mike while you are correct of course, C&D letters were set out to any smith using the term san mai as the construction of the blade, not using it as a name or brand.

It seems that cold steel trademarked the term 'san mai' some time ago, and is now aggressively going after small knifemakers who use the term san mai to describe the construction of a knife. I have...