I am aware that Taichung is a city within Taiwan, but I had erroneously assumed they the plant(s) there were sourcing steels from somewhere in Asia not the US. I better wording would have been, "Isn't that a steel used in the Taichung spydercos rather than the Golden models?" I also didn't realize there were two facilities there...
By the way, Sal I'd like to say thank you for being active on this board along with the spyderco website forum, I'm sure you are a busy guy and I appreciate you giving us your time.