Taiwan vs US

The Deacon said:
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Hahaha - well, if I had Sal send me a Chaparral prototype directly, it would probably have his signature on it too.

Man that's a good looking knife.
 
I am looking at picking up a Navaja so I can compare it to my D2 Para and my standard Military. I don't think I own any Taiwan Spydercos but if they are what I hear then I will not be disappointed.
 
i don't personally own a taiwan made spyderco, but i do own a taiwan bullt knife (from another reputable maker), the quality and fit/finish is very-very good. based on my limited experience (plus reviews and research), i have zero negative association when i see taiwan.
 
I will mention I had to add some sharpie to the tang on my sage 2 due to it sticking. No biggie in my opinion still the "nicest" spydie I've handled!!!
 
Every computer is made in china !!! I don't think we even have the capabilities to manufacture stuff like that in the USA anymore !!! It's pretty sad !!!
 
softrockrenegade said:
Every computer is made in china !!! I don't think we even have the capabilities to manufacture stuff like that in the USA anymore !!! It's pretty sad !!!
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Dell is still building computers here in the US, we used to have a big plant about 60 Miles from me. They closed it down over a year ago though.

IBM still builds servers here in the US.
 
EZ Bake said:
I wasn't going to respond to this post at first, but you might want to show a little respect to the folks on this international message board who happen to reside outside of the US. The USA is only around 235 years old if you go back to when the Declaration was signed (we're not to July 4th yet), and there are countries who have been contributing to the knife and blade community for hundreds of years prior to that - many of those countries handed down skills and virtues of craftsmanship to immigrants who came over to the USA and began the industry in this country.


Our President would be proud of you!
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nottoosharp said:
EZ Bake said:
I wasn't going to respond to this post at first, but you might want to show a little respect to the folks on this international message board who happen to reside outside of the US. The USA is only around 235 years old if you go back to when the Declaration was signed (we're not to July 4th yet), and there are countries who have been contributing to the knife and blade community for hundreds of years prior to that - many of those countries handed down skills and virtues of craftsmanship to immigrants who came over to the USA and began the industry in this country.


Our President would be proud of you!
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I second that! lol!
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Buck_110 said:
Yet, at such a young age, electricity was discovered in this country, the assembly line was conceived, the greatest weapons of war are built, operating systems that run the worlds' computers are developed, the greatest advances in medicine are made, and so on. Which of these skills were "handed down"?:rolleyes:
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Franklin may have caught some electricity with a kite, key and bottle but the AC electric power system all modern civilizations depend on was invented by Tesla, an Austrian scientist(with a back stabber working against him whose name is Thomas Eddison...).

Machine gun was first invented by British.
The concept of atomic bomb was derived from Einstein's equation, who happens to be an Austrian.

The operating system that's running the world sucks.

And at least half of the Nobel Prize in Medicine is won or shared with someone from another country.


With all being said I still prefer US made but that's because I've yet to own a Taiwan Spyder...soon I will.
 
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Oh and　you either forgot or didn't know that our aerospace technology was nothing untill we recruited German scientists after WWII, without them there's no space race.
 
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I respect and fully appreciate good o US craftsmanship but we didn't get to this point today without the help from others, it's a place where efforts are pooled and great things are built this way.
 
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Buck_110 said:
Yet, at such a young age, electricity was discovered in this country, the assembly line was conceived, the greatest weapons of war are built, operating systems that run the worlds' computers are developed, the greatest advances in medicine are made, and so on. Which of these skills were "handed down"?:rolleyes:
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I guess I don't understand your point. I didn't say that any of those skills were "handed down".

As to our President being proud of me - I guess I don't understand that either. I don't wear my politics on my sleeve and I've actually taken the time to learn and study our countries history as well as several of the writings and philosophies of our founding fathers.

Oh and by the way - do you mean this President?

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Buck_110 said:
Yet, at such a young age, electricity was discovered in this country, the assembly line was conceived, the greatest weapons of war are built, operating systems that run the worlds' computers are developed, the greatest advances in medicine are made, and so on. Which of these skills were "handed down"?:rolleyes:
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"War does not make one great." ―Yoda
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Lmao!! Man y'all are getting rowled up! Sorry didn't mean to start a war here guys. How about we just turn this into a post your favorite spydie knife and state why it's your favorite.
 
I'll start! Mine is the sage 2. Why? Because the ergos are perfect for me and it's a titanium framelock with s30v steel.
 
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