Does the knifes country of origin effect your purchasing?

[Bastler]

I'd be curious about the age of the people commenting, I'm willing to bet it's the older crowd that I referenced in my previous comment. I'm 33

Alsharif, I'm 59 and I remember when we had these kind of conversations about products made in Japan, now it's China. In answer to the original question, yes country of origin does influence my purchases. I prefer European and American knives, especially when they are produced locally and representative of their region.

 

[omaha-beenglockin]

I light of recent events, I am actively avoiding anything Chinese made---I wasn't all that happy with it before but would still go through with the purchase if I wanted it---now I'll search out something else.

 

[Goofcat]

WTF Chicom spies on BF?

 

[James Y]

The knives I own are made in Switzerland, Japan, the US, and a few from Taiwan. I very rarely make any knife purchases anymore anyway, so that’s not going to change.

Jim

 

[Danke42]

How do you determine the 'ethics' of a company one way or the other?

That's pretty easy in this modern day and age. If it quacks like a duck then it's a duck.

This website is a great place to find out about an individual company's ethics and if I'm not sure then I don't buy. It's not like there isn't a huge group of good established companies to deal with already.

 

[stevekolt]

Its pretty funny when people say things like this......
Do you live in a cave in the dark? How are you posting on this forum? Your laptop, your TV, your cable access box and your iphone are made in China - hell, even the computers that allow you access to this forum are made in China. Your clothes are probably made in China. Many if not all of the nuts, bolts, nails and screws that your house was built with are made in China. Many parts of your car are made in China, and it can't run without them. The lights in your house are probably made in China. All the technology to run your household appliances is at least in part made in China. Most anything that has an electrical component is probably from China to some extent, and thats just a small part of it. You can't get away from it, get over it. Even if you think that something wasn't made in China just because it is not marked Made in China chances are you are wrong. Most anything made in the US has at least some parts made in China.

Arathol, please see the last four words in my post..."as much as possible".

 

[knarfeng]

Too much politics.
Closed.