Some will never get past the made in China issue. Thats fine. Far be it from me to care. What I do find interesting though is that some of these same people that hold the opinion they are crap due to made in China for one company do not seem to mind buying China made product from another company which may be offering products made for them by SRM. If people knew just how involved SRM was in making products for manufacturers we all are familiar with they'd probably be seriously shocked at just how much they are into. SRM makes knives for more than a handful of USA companies.
STR
Pretty tired of it, too. My cherry was popped on this issue
long ago when I noticed (as a general contractor) that my DeWalt, Porter Cable, Makita, Hitachi, Milwaukee, Ridgid, Stanley, Bostitch, etc., were all made in China or thereabouts.
Knife guys seem to have this strange sense of upholding their international honor while looking at a monitor made in China, typing on a keyboard made in China, that goes through a computer made from Chinese components that is hooked up to a router/modem made in China.
They watch television on a Chinese television. May use silverware and plates made in China that hold food prepared in pans from China that was stirred with utensils made in China. They wear clothes (and boots and sneakers) made in China, Malaysia, Vietnam and other far off Asian countries. And they are probably eating foods that have foreign sources as well. When the take pictures of that new knife to show others, no doubt the phone or camera was made in China.
But don't let that
knife be from there, though.
I find it odd, too, that no one gives a flip about those that support knives from Finland, Sweden, Italy, Gemany, South America and France. For the most part their knives are wholehearted supported and their purchase encouraged as great values. Some even lauded as "a poor man's XXXXX". And yet, the last time I looked at a map, none were actually on this continent, but still "overseas", taking manufacturing jobs from fine Americans.
But once the group mantra is established, it is easier to regurgitate it than to think the issues through. I think the stinger here is that that most of the Chinese knives mentioned on this forum seem to get great reviews, and applause for their value to price point. I am no so sure that a lot of guys just don't have hurt feelings.
I know I have. I received a nice Remington Sportsman model Stockman that was as well made and finished as any knife I have ever purchased in my previous 40+ years last year for Christmas. My niece paid something like $15 for it, and a matching peanut. The quality of both knives is embarrassingly good.
If the SRMs and their cousins are
that good, I may be on board with them soon.
Robert
My apologies if you do not approve, regardless it matters little to me. Enjoy the knives.
