Steel and Forgings

When I started this trade back in the 1970's the quality of steel was never an issue with machining it. When you got forgings or castings from a foundry to machine ,there was never an issue with sand pits or defects in the material. In today's world of machining, steel and forgings have a distinct drop in the quality of the steels and metals being machined. A lot of the steel and forgings are coming out of China and it just does not have the quality that Americans once produced. The forgings can sometimes be so hard ,brittle, and full of sand pockets it makes you wonder how anyone can sell products like this. It just concerns me so much that a finished machine product will go out into the world with known defects in the material .Sooner or later these parts will wear out with the defects in them and I only hope it does not injure anyone in the process. It's obvious that the main motivator in buying junk steel is money. Let's move back in time when Pittsburgh was the steel capital of the world. They should be proud of the products they produced. China should start looking at the quality of there products and ask themselves the question; If I was a customer would I be happy with this product?