American made

i certainly buy only american traditional knives not only because of quality, but as a selfish reason, i ca,nt believe that chinese or pakistan knives will have collector interest in my lifetime. i really recognise that many scandavian, german, & older english knives are desirable. recently i have grown to respect our canadian makers.--dennis
 
Hey no one mentioned ESEE yet. Or becker. Most of beckers' stuff is US made... all of ESEE's knives are us.

Chris Reeve Knives are 100% us made. And all of Benchmades New stuff is as well both companies are dedicated to producing fine quality cutlery with all usa stuff and workmanship
 
Canal Street? I like buying American but to me It's quality over were it is made. But saying that the U.S put outs some of the best blades!
 
Becker/KaBar BK2, BK5, BK7, BK9---made in Olean NY. Ontario Knife Company has many that are also made in Olean NY. As for the sheaths IDK where they are made.
 
Thanks Gundude73, that's the list I was looking for, but never seem to put in the right keys when doing a search. I appreciate the feedback from all and I've tried to excercise restraint in not responding to the flack I knew I'd get, as that was not my intention. It's sad to see the conclusions folks automatically leap to on some of these forums. I will tell you that I have a Bachelor of Science degree from a prestigious university and was in management for 30+ years. I'm well versed in the cons of protectionism and the high cost of domestic labor. I had a near 6 figure salary and have been applying for jobs paying 1/3 that for over a year and can't get interviewed because I'm over qualified! Fortunately that's all I need, but don't feel sorry for me because I knew this day would come and planned well for it, although investments are only marginally usefull if you're not old enough to tap them. I have no debts, own my home (which I paid off in the 80's when a fixed rate mortgage was 17%), and my kids are educated and employed. I've lived within my means and I'll be fine. Mourn the millions who are not as well off as I am, because their government isn't making the tough decisions to keep American labor competitive. This is lost on the 90% of our population that are still employed. It will "come home" when it's your job and believe me that day is coming!
 
mat_890 said:
If you don't want to read that deep in just look up 'comparative advantage' that should give you answers in less then 5min as to why furniture/textiles moved from your state, and why in the long run its better for the economy (while causing short term frictional unemployment)
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Considering that your location is listed as Ottawa, Canada, you might in the future refrain from telling Americans how to feel about the socio-economic conditions in their own country.

In return, we'll avoid invading Canada for it's oil, beer, or gravy fries.
 
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Hombre Secreto said:
Considering that your location is listed as Ottowa, Canada, you might in the future refrain from telling Americans how to feel about the socio-economic conditions in their own country.

In return, we'll avoid invading Canada for it's oil, beer, or gravy fries.
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This furthers the conversation HOW?

To the OP, Emerson can't stop talking about how American their production is.
Hinderer makes everything in America too.

(And Hombre, it's spelled Ottawa...get it right. Geeze.)
 
>>> (And Hombre, it's spelled Ottawa...get it right. Geeze.)

I fixed my spelling error. Thanks.

>>> In return, we'll avoid invading Canada for it's oil, beer, or gravy fries.

I don't know, how does this further the conversation? How did mat_890's comments further the conversation?
 
>>> he provided information while you just want to start a flame war?

What information did he provide that answered OP's question?

OP stated he wasn't looking for a fight, and mat_890 turned the conversation in his first post into a debate about global economics.

Don't pin a flame war on me.
 
Gentlemen, I don't know what to make of this thread. It seems like a straightforward question, which knife manufacturers are America-only.

But this topic always ends up with political overtones, and has now added in personal attacks. Please try to stay on topic.
 
Chris Reeve
Pat Crawford
Mad Dog
ESEE - the machete blades are imported but outside of that, they are handled and sheathed here.


Bark River does use 12c27 in some of their blades. It is Swedish. However, I've SEEN the knives made. They are blanked in USA, ground in USA, heat treated in USA, handled in USA, sheathed in USA and packaged in USA.

I wish the Springfield XD was made in USA, but I wish they made an XD22 as well.....
 
olddogrib said:
Not looking to "start a stink" or stir one, but after 30+ years of employment and seeing my "pension" reduced by 2/3rds and then getting laid off, my future purchases will be limited to American made products. I'll be happy to pay the premium! I simply would like know those knife manufacturers/makers whose production is 100% within the USA.
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I've been doing the same thing.Thank you for having the patience to search out American made products. If more Americans thought as you or I, we might not be in the position that we are in the US today. We are overrun with Chinese made products and such that it is hard to find manufacturers left that produce here.However, do some searches on the internet and you'll find many products made here, or at least mostly made here.It's hard to find a company that doesn't have an off-shore line in conjuction with the USA made stuff.You can check out Emerson,Queen and a bunch of others that has been mentioned.There are some Spyderco's that are made in the USA, and when you purchase those, that sends a good message to the company that there is interest still for products made here. I posted some links to sites below, Because you may have interest in other products made in the US.

http://www.findusmade.com/
http://madeinusaforever.com/
http://americansworking.com/
http://www.stillmadeinusa.com/
 
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