So what's the big deal not buying American-made knives?

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Permalink Reply by Gary Kennedy on October 21, 2010 at 8:12pm

TRY Grohmann not an importer
Daryl Sawatzky said:

What is the oldest Canadian knife company? I thought it was some slack-named company like... International Cutlery or something...

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Permalink Reply by Daryl Sawatzky on October 21, 2010 at 8:59pm

Oh, you mean oldest surviving Canadian Knife company. They're younger than you are (and only 5 years older than me). Grohmann has one knife that I would consider. I almost bought the R380S Drop-Point Lockblade Hunter with Rosewood Handle a couple of months ago. In the end I couldn't justify (to my wife) a $200 knife that looked almost identical to my Buck. Yeah they're Canadian. Yeah I could have skipped the last 4 Bucks I bought and just got the one Grohmann instead... but then I wouldn't have done my part to bolster the failing American knife industry... would I? Grohmann will survive without me. There are plenty of hunters that appreciate the subtleties of Grohmann's blade shape. Not me.



Gary Kennedy said:

TRY Grohmann not an importer
Daryl Sawatzky said:

What is the oldest Canadian knife company? I thought it was some slack-named company like... International Cutlery or something...

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Permalink Reply by falah gumilar on October 22, 2010 at 5:58am

I'm buying any knife I want, american or not...a good knife is a good knife!

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Permalink Reply by Jeremi Lett on October 26, 2010 at 2:05am

As one who is involved with knife sales I could not agree more about the lower price China made stuff selling better than a US made factory knife at a low price.A lotta u on here 4get not every one at iknifecollector.com is of US origin.That said,some people have no reason to "Buy American" if that makes sense...

Randy Huckeby said:

I sell knives. When I first started in this business I invested heavily (for me that is) in American made knives. Mostly Spyderco as I really like them & collect them also. I sold a few along with some Bucks & others but people kept asking if I had or could get something less expensive. Fact is I love to sell American made knives, but for the most part that isn't what sells. I now carry the Rough Riders, Meyerco, Taylor/Schrades, Maxams, etc. This is what sells for me. I have also developed a weakness for the black CLB Boker/Plus line of knives. These sell as well as the inexpensive Spyderco Tenacious & now the Persistence, these are excellent inexpensive knives but again China made. Neck knives are hot right now. I do sell some R.A.T. Izula's but most of what I sell is china made. You can buy a Meyerco Necklance with a Forever warranty for under $10 & that is real popular with the younger purchasers. Rough Riders are also popular and a bargain, so what are you going to do?

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Permalink Reply by Jakub Capek on October 28, 2010 at 10:22am

I think the whole "made in the USA" hype is a bit silly. I am not an American, but Canadian and now I live in Europe. This type of patriotism concerning all American products will not in my opinion, boost the American economy.
There are hundreds of knife makers that make quality knives and are not from the USA. The fact that many US companies make their knives in China is and will be a fact of life, especially when it all comes down to making money. Once the Chinese will want higher wages, companies will move on to other parts of the world where labor will be cheaper. What I think is a major problem that concerns many US owned companies is the fact that they market their products as US made and they are not. I have worked in the outdoor industry for many years and can give you many accounts of American companies coming to Eastern Europe to find cheap labor to make their Made in the USA products.. For instance the outdoor company Omega Pacific, for which the company I worked for happened to make active camming devices and webbing for climbing. These products were made in the Czech Republic with "made in the USA" logo sewn into each product. (The logo was also made by us) I could name others, but whats the point??.. Are the knives you buy really made in the USA or just placed into a paper box in the USA???

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Permalink Reply by Rob Gregg on October 28, 2010 at 11:41am

If Americans don't support Americans, where does this all end? If you were 10 and your dad lost his job at Camillus or Schrade, would you blame him for it? Would you say, "Gee Dad you should have been willing to work for $2 an hour like those folks in China do"? Foreign countries don't push American products on their people because they don't have to. The people just naturally feel compeled to buy domestic products on their own. (whenever possible) Their loyalty to there own is taught to them all their lives. Like those people, I was raised by hometown folk who believed in the American way of life and we were taught to support that way of life at all cost. This philosophy doesn't just apply to Americans. If your German, buy German. If your Spanish, buy products made in Spain. How many Chinese people buy American made knives? Or anything else American made, for that matter? As Americans, if we don't get behind American industry and the American people who make there living from it. Then American industry is dead. Change what needs to be changed, but don't just give it all away because of a cheap price tag. After all, the next job lost to foreign interests...could be yours.

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