I agree with you missing out, and seeing as how you are in Austria, why do you care so much? I have about a dozen Spydies, and not one from the US yet. I have the green PM2 on order, and that will be my first. I buy what appeals to me, and it still supports Spyderco in their growth as a company. Is it any outsourced suppliers? You cannot realistically buy anything that is touched by only one company nowadays. Everything has outsourced components, processes, and so on. Curious why Taiwan always gets brought up and no mention of Italy or Japan.