I was poking around in Harbor Freight the other day when a set of combination wrenches caught my eye. Beautiful full polished finish, etc. Checked them out and they were made in India.
I don't know how it relates to HF, but India has long been known for producing some of the finest steel in the world. I've read of steel statuary made in India that's 2,000 years old and still not a speck of rust.
I think a lot of folks have deluded themselves by assumning that anything made in the U.S. is automatically better than the same item made elsewhere. Where we used to sort out the best of several functionally identical items made in the U.S., it's now a global economy and we need to sort out the best items regardless of origin.
I've been involved with the auto body industry for 30 years or more. There has been a long-standing battle between OEM and aftermarket replacement sheet metal. I have to recall the time in the late '80's when I was called upon to replace the right fender on an Olds Ciera. The customer was paying for it himself and wasn't picky, so we went with an aftermarket fender. The fender was made in Taiwan and had a manufacturing flaw that wasn't noticeable when installed.
Couple of months later, by coincidence, I replaced a right fender on an Olds Ciera where it was an insurance claim and required an OEM fender. Guess what? Same flaw. All GM was doing even back then was repackaging aftermarket sheet metal and selling it as OEM.
We're now on a global economy, folks. Get used to it.
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