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A group dedicated to knives and equipment used by Scouts, Hikers, Fishers, Sailors and all the other outdoor adventurers. A place to show off everything from the knife in your bug-out bag to your tackle box. Or the knife you take on a day hike or climbing the Matterhorn.
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Started by Ken Spielvogel. Last reply by Rome D. Rushing Sep 9, 2020. 314 Replies 8 Likes
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Started by Ken Spielvogel. Last reply by Rome D. Rushing May 22, 2019. 23 Replies 2 Likes
A TL-29 or 27 would certainly be classified as a Knife of the Great Outdoors. Lineman used them as well as military electricians. They were and are used for good carry/work knives.Some have…Continue
Started by Tobias Gibson. Last reply by Jan Carter Sep 13, 2017. 22 Replies 7 Likes
I am by no expert on fishing lures, new or old, but my latest trip to Dowagiac, Michigan, home of the Original Heddon Lures peaked my interest. I suspect others out there either use or collect …Continue
Started by Tobias Gibson. Last reply by D ale Aug 25, 2017. 31 Replies 6 Likes
I was recently asked to recommend a low priced but good quality Scout knife. Well I've purchased just about every scout knife I could find that is currently being produced. Currently the only two I…Continue
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No it wasn't, Andrew but as you can see there are parts that can be construed that way. I think that is why Jan cross-posted it.
Wow. Absolutely not what I was writing about.
Andrew's comment was actually moved to another thread (USA vs. the World) http://www.iknifecollector.com/forum/topics/usa-versus-the-world-th...
Some residual comments are also showing up here.
Wow, i've been missing some interesting discussion!
What are we talking about here?
YOTAS are all i buy..and all i have ever driven..i know nothing about cars at all..just that my YOTAS have never let me down! THEY RUN FOREVER...all 3 i have had over 200k..and some went months and months without oil changes..as im terrible with taking care of my vehicles...
Shlomo, I once read that the car with the largest percentage of American made parts is not a Ford or Chevy, but the Toyota Camry.
I do know that my son builds Toyota engines in Huntsville, Alabama.
The problem is that "Made in the USA" does not guarantee you anything including place of manufacture...I've gotten pure, unadulterated, crap with "Made in the USA" emblazoned across the article and packaging.
Many European and Asian companies set up shops in the USA so they can compete for government and other contracts--Beretta, FN, H&K etc. as examples.
Using a knife as an example the company will make the blade, crossguard, bolster and endcap in their European plant, have the scales made in another location, the sheath maybe in Mexico (ala Ka-Bar), the boxes in China and everything sent to a building in some small, depressed town in the South where the company has hired a dozen locals to assemble and package the goods and send them to retailers...They get to put "Made in the USA" on their boxes where only minimum wage was paid to some Americans, paid some state and local utilities and taxes but the whole profits went to the parent company...Is that knife (or whatever) really "Made in the USA"
At least GM/Toyota state on the windscreens of some of their Toyota cars "Assembled in the USA".
Cool. Thanks Jan. Can you send me a link to it?
Andy I am going to copy this to another part of iKC also. You have said in much better words and first hand experience what I have been saying. Not that I have anything against a good knife made anywhere, but this IS the reason I choose to try for USA made. It is also what made Donnie and I begin to look at the handmade knives about a year ago
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