@scott Oh dude what? Hitachi White 1 isn't exported from Japan? I never knew that. How does Murray carter get his?
I'm guessing you dont really know much about Murray in terms of marriage, balde smithing education, and his connection to Japan in general etc. Being able to source a material through family ties is an exception to the rule here. Hitachi white is hard to come by as raw material outside of Japan for the average Joe, and Murray is anything but your average Joe.