solid brass hardware made in USA or Canada

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On 11/29/2019 at 10:11 PM, billybopp said:

Hi Tony,

  All the above is true, and typical of emerging economies.  Many of us are old enough to remember when Japan made cheap junk.  I remember getting a small wind-up toy as a child that said on it "Made in USA" - A neat little trick they used to help hide what they were really making - We found out much later that there is a city in Japan named USA.  They were buying scrap drink cans from the US and turning them into toys: If you opened one up  you might find a Budweiser label on the inside!   But that changed over time and Japan started making some of the best stuff around.  China is now in the same sort of transition and starting to make some quality stuff.  The hard part is knowing what you are getting.  Japan had known brand names, China does not yet have brands that are known quantities.  So, when we order something, we don't know what we are getting, leading many to avoid ordering altogether.

 Further, many that want US made hardware(or English, or whatever) do so because we want to support our own economy and not somebody else's as much as we do for quality products.

- Bill

Hi Bill,

I totally respect the idea of supporting local made products, especially with situation like now, that many products are made in third world countries or country like China and India - the giant in manufacturing and mass production. 

The growing of China economy and the quality products they are producing now, is like seeing light from the end of the tunnel for me. In the past I have to compete with locals or European to bid on eBay.com/UK, but now I feel I’m lucky to be in Asia, and I see many people from the west are trying to source for things in Asia now, it’s like what I was doing in the past. I can see the improvement of China made products now, and I’m very sure it will get better and better. It’s  just like all the crafters/artisans here on LW, the more we do, our skill will only get better and better:) 

Tony