Thoughts on buying Chinese knives

wow, this is great stuff! i keep hearing that China is our enemy, however it is Americans who are selling chinese products to Americans in America. what a country, maybe WE are our own worst enemy.
 
Prince of Peace said:
Well said! Knowing that Kershaw is owned by Kai makes my decision clear. NEVER buy a Kershaw knife again. E-Bay the three I do own. The Ken Onion Storm and my Leek and Chive.
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I believe you should sell all your knives then, because I don't think any US knife manufacturers produce 100% of their knives here in the states. Benchmade and Spyderco both have Chinese lines. The three Kershaws you mentioned above are 100% USA. What a shame...

Prince of Peace said:
I buy from local markets and variety stores in my town rather than Wal Mart. Costs a bit more maybe but the owners go to my church. Their children play with mine and a million other reasons why I support my town first then the state then the country. They can all have a piece of my wages. I live here and I will never live anywhere else. America is my home and I don't turn my back on my own!
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What about the foreigners that own the "local" stores you shop at? What if CITGO gas fuels the trucks that help built your church? Where do you draw the line?

I do feel blessed that I was born in America. I hope my future Great-Grandkids feel the same.
 
Personally, a knife is a knife to me -it doesn't matter if a Chinaman, a Mexican, or an American made it. If it works well, I'll buy it.

Personally, I don't think China's the enemy. They're just not on their knees (like every other country in the world) trying to suck America's c&(k. Why? Because they don't have to.

We've grown complacent over the last 50 years as a nation and are no longer "hungry" instead we have excess and crave excess which has allowed the Walmart's of the world to flourish.

The real enemy is the corporations. Those CEO's and such who take long expensive vacations, don't do squat but screw their fellow Americans over.

China's just there to pick up the pieces. If it weren't China, another country would do it.
 
I've found that there's always an enemy. Heck, I'm pretty sure at one stage the colonists saw Britain as the enemy, with the taxes (Boston Tea Party?). I'd be willing to bet that even if the US was the only country on earth, there would still be an enemy. Maybe a neighbouring state or something.

China's just cashing in on the Western world's capitalism, if it's not them, it'll be someone else.
 
I try to buy American if possible. Most of the time you can't because of current economics. Hell, my last job of 23 years was sent to Japan but I still buy Japanese products because most of the time, there are no American made products to be had. Majority of consumables are made overseas somewhere so we don't really have a choice but I try when I can to support American companies.
 
I'm all for supporting American manufacturing, but as many have pointed out there is hardly anything that goes from raw material to finished product entirely within our borders and many items labeled "Made In The USA" have materials or components imported from China for their final assembly here. Where do you draw the line? That's up to the individual, but surely one would have to acknowledge that wherever the "personal" line is drawn, one is simply splitting hairs to one's own satisfaction as a boycott of all things Chinese is a ridiculous proposition. If it's a really big issue for anyone, call or write to your congressional delegation and tell them to get off their asses and do something about our trade policy...

What disturbs me about some of the posts in this thread are some of the nationalistic or racist remarks that have surfaced. I love this country dearly, but not blindly. Many people have a negative view of the Chinese government in this country and rightfully so. Many people around the world have a negative view of our own Gov't. Are all of the people who hate China in this country right, while everyone else in the world is wrong? I would not support that view nor the opposite. I'd prefer that we focus our attention inwards instead of looking to cast the blame for our problems on some foreign shore.
 
My opinion is that it's not about China. It's not about the Chinese people. It's not even completely about knives. It's about America. It's about American industry. Knives are one of the last bastions of factory hand work. If we did not respect good hand workmanship, knives would not be so endlessly interesting and we wouldn't be reading this forum.
Knives are one of the areas of consumerism where we can get what we want at a fair price from American workers. If you want a TV, running shoes, or a camera, there isn't much of a choice to buy American. BUT! There is no shortage of good American knives from which to choose.
If a person wants to support American industry, American workers, American companies that pay American taxes, and American profits that are respent in America, it's very, very easy to do so when buying a new knife.
Just consider the American companies that have exported American jobs or disappeared altogether not because they were making buggy whips, but because American consumers bought the price tag instead of the Made In USA label.
My spending will not change this state of affairs, but I will not use my dollars to contribute to further decline when I have such an obvious and easy choice. I was Made In USA so I'm somewhat biased. Regards, ss.
 
Knife Outlet said:
I just finished discontinuing the Kershaw Vapor from our website after learning that it is now made in red China. I've been trying to get our website completely clean of Chinese products and I think we're almost there. there may be a few China products left but not many and we still have over 3000 products left to sell. (I don't include Taiwan with red China. I consider Taiwan a friend fo the U.S.)

But I think I'm in a small minority of people who think China is at least a competitor if not an enemy of the U.S. and Americans shouldn't buy Chinese products. It appears most of the rest of the country feels fine about it. How do you feel?
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I support your decision-Buy American
 
Knife Outlet said:
I just finished discontinuing the Kershaw Vapor from our website after learning that it is now made in red China. I've been trying to get our website completely clean of Chinese products and I think we're almost there. there may be a few China products left but not many and we still have over 3000 products left to sell. (I don't include Taiwan with red China. I consider Taiwan a friend fo the U.S.)

But I think I'm in a small minority of people who think China is at least a competitor if not an enemy of the U.S. and Americans shouldn't buy Chinese products. It appears most of the rest of the country feels fine about it. How do you feel?
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tom mayo said:
RIGHT ON FRED!!!!

The goal of Red China is to bury us,
one way or another!
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http://www.knifeoutlet.com/shop/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=BUK179
 
I choose not to buy communist made products or products made in states (including US states) that do not share and support American values.
 
I just bought an American company's Chinese made knife from an online retailer based in Texas. It took several American employees in fields such as customs, IT, transportation, warehousing, fufillment, and shipping to deliver that knife to my doorstep.

Looking at the big picture, I'd say I made a small contribution to help keep Americans employed. Additionally I'd say that American knife company just got a few more dollars to help keep their US manufacturing facility operational.
 
IMO--the main reason I don't sell Chinese knives or buy them is that the blade quality is so bad. I have yet to use one (doesn't mean they are not there) that equal good American steel and workmanship.
 
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