I love how north American companies are outsourcing their production to China, yet eastern companies actually want to start production here. We should really think about the qualities of our labor. Yeah the prices are high, but its quality that these guys want and its quality that we mostly need.
Well many north American companies are ditching quality, and look only at the profits from cheap production. That's how a product is ruined.
A simple example is that. My grand dad had an Old time knife, which he bought back in the 70s. From sharpening it he had thinned the blade down to a pick and the handle was polished down from all the holding, but the overall construction is solid to this day and the knife is working just fine.
I bought an Old timer two years ago. I no longer have mine because it broke at the fold-joint...