Freighter ships. Huge. Stacked high with shipping containers full of everything in, on and around our houses and apartments. Each one of those boxes is what you see being pulled behind an 18 wheeler. Hammers, kitchen utensils, pants, wetsuits...
Fort Point and my beautiful American made Grain surfboard. |
Fender and Gibson both do a lot of their production overseas or in Mexico. But they both offer and sell a lot of American made guitars. Admittedly, apart from labeling, I couldn't tell the difference between a Baja Telicaster and an American Standard Telicaster. They do make great products in other counties. It's no secret to surfers that the best wetsuit neoprene is Japanese. I'd just rather contribute to an American luthiers paycheck.
O'neill wetsuits, along with all the other big names moved 100% of their manufacturing overseas around 10 years ago. 100%! And it's not because they wanted all that great Japanese neoprene. It's so they could stay afloat. Competitive. My next wetsuit would be an O'neill IF they made a domestic equivalent. But sadly' they do not. And it sucks because I like the idea of O'neill. A 60 year old Santa Cruz company. The images of Jack O'neill with his eye patch, they just feel American. O'well.
100' of domestic 1/2" and 3/4" copper pipe. This stuff did not arrive on a freighter. |
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