Hi,everyone my name is Tao Wu.
I live in Japan and study steel materials at Tokyo Institute of Technology. I am very interested in making knives and hope to learn more about this here.
I am confused about one thing. I paid the membership bill for one year last night and the money has been transferred from my account, but my membership has not been activated. I would be very grateful if I could get an answer.
Ohayou gozaimasu, I am sure one of the ABS folks on the contacts page will be able to help you: ( I have reached out to Brion Tomberlin before and I believe he pointed me in the direction of the IT help). https://www.americanbladesmith.org/abs-contacts/
One thing I would suggest is going into your "Membership Account" and making sure you have set up your profile. I seem to remember there being some kind of confirmation that was required on the user behalf when I got started. Membership account is under "My ABS" tab at the top of the page.
On another note, I am very impressed to meet you with your area of study. I was saddened to hear that US Steel sold away from America, but Japan has always had very high standards of steels so I am happy to know it sold to a master of Metallurgy location!
Respectfully
Michael
