Exactly.
Just this week, I paid $15 for a Zippo lighter. I like everything about it, but especially the bottom where it says:
“BRADFORD, PA MADE IN U.S.A.”
I don’t even smoke. But one needs a lighter. I could have purchased 3 cheap chinese butane lighters for a dollar down at the 99 cent store...
But there’s something special about that Zippo. That “click” then you flip the top open.
The flawless worksmanship.
It’s like a Buck knife. Nothing better. Anywhere.
American quality. American pride.
Glad we can still make lighters and knives - too bad it isn’t the 18th Century. How about we manufacture a decent car or computer?
“I like everything about it, but especially the bottom where it says:
“BRADFORD, PA MADE IN U.S.A.”
I collect old fishing lures etc. One of my prized possesions on my display shelf is an old (1930’s) box of Pflueger fish hooks. The front of the box has the bulldog trademark, “Since 1864”, “The Standard of the World”...
The back of the box states in large caps:
MADE IN U.S.A.
BY AMERICAN WORKERS
OF AMERICAN MATERIAL