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Not only that, but to do a succesful run the traditional way requires half a lifetime of experience. So it is not something that you decide to do on a lark.

I suspect it is not so much that the grass is greener, but that it is there.
The use and sale of tamahagane are regulated. Only real blacksmiths can actually buy it, and the oldest smiths get first...

The 60 mm version is more expensive because the amount of good steel is 20% than the 50 mm version.
Japanese smiths typically use only high quality steel for the cutting edge, while the rest of the...