Me too. Far better than any other common hot sauce. Maybe some of the boutique hot sauces are better.
This common Vietnamese hot sauce (can find in Oriental stores) is my favorite along with Tabasco. Tabasco is great on eggs sunny side up!
Posted on 05/28/2004 1:33:11 PM PDT by Willie Green
The Portland-based Leatherman Tool Group Inc. was ordered to pay consumers more than $13 million after a California judge decided the company's multiuse tools had too many foreign components to be considered made in the United States.
State Superior Court Judge Victoria Chaney ruled that the company violated California law by placing a "Made in USA" label on almost two dozen products that were largely made outside of the country.
She said the label would likely "deceive members of the public into a false belief that the tools are wholly American made."
(Excerpt) Read more at kgw.com ...
"...Just don't try to carry one with you on an airline, train, or Greyhound bus..."
You forgot to mention movie theaters, tourist attractions, shopping malls, taxi cabs, museums, and amusement parks. Can't have simple tools where "terrorist action" could suddenly take place. So, just hand 'em over, Mr. & Mrs. America. It is For The Children TM don't you know.
[/sarcasm] ~ Blue Jays ~
The last America LifeSaver's candy factory recently left the country.
Sugar tarrifs and subsidies, doncha know.
The downside is it is longer than others.
I guess when I get an new multi tool I will look at a buck or a gerber.
But my Gerber is a better tool.
I love my Gerber, and thought so too, until a couple of weeks ago. I was on my riding mower, and a low limb on a small pine I was mowing under whacked me on the head. To prevent future occurrences, I bent the (>1/2" dia.) green limb (to put it under strain and make it cut easier) and cut it with the serrated blade on my Gerber tool.
Imagine my shock when there was a "Ping!" and my "Legendary Gerber Blade" was suddenly in three pieces!
Needless to say, the piece I recovered is in an envelope -- on its way to Gerber -- along with a letter expressing my disappointment...
Other than that, my Gerber has been a great tool that has saved the day many times -- such as when, 'way back in the woods, my Bush Hog tried to eat a stump and broke a shear bolt...
BTW & FWIW, the 1/8" of remaining blade stump still opens boxes just fine. Wonder if it would get past security...?
My company heat treats all of the components except files, right here in Portland. All of the tools are assembled right here in Portland. We also do Gerber, Kershaw and Benchmade.
Hey, I wonder if California is going to sue Chevrolet for misrepresenting where their vehicles are made.
Me, I buy Toyota cars because they are made in Tennessee, and Michelin tires because they are made in South Carolina.
Nothing on your Toyota came from Japan or elsewhere?...I don't think so.
Michelin tires because they are made in South Carolina....By a French company.
BTW, why did you ping me on this?..I don't have any control over lawsuits.
http://216.239.53.104/search?q=cache:0X856kBquwQJ:itotd.com/index.alt%3FArticleID%3D184+tabasco+made+grown&hl=en
The McIlhenny Company likes to maintain the illusion that its sauce is made entirely on Avery Island—and it was, until the 1970s. But nowadays, 98% of the peppers used for Tabasco sauce are actually grown in Honduras, Venezuela, Mexico and Columbia, though the seeds for these plants all come from peppers grown on Avery Island. The reason, of course, is cheaper labor—there is no automated way to pick the peppers, because they do not all ripen at the same time. The peppers are made into mash (using Avery Island salt, the company claims) the day they’re picked; the aging and the rest of the production process takes place on Avery Island.
Me too, with the adapter kit. It's never let me down. I almost got the Swiss Tool instead. It was a close contest.
J_tull, I have no problem opening the Wave blade with one hand. Just takes a little practice and dexterity.
Try SOG tools. I was able to purchase a new EOD powerlock for my son - the steel was so hard on the handles, engraving was almost impossble.
AT the time, production was all going into military contracts - I got lucky with the supplier.
Son said he really likes the cap crimper, makes a good crimp every time...he did promise some 'neat' photos when he gets back from Baghdad.
Thanks for the info. I still love Tobasco.
Buck or Gerber are both fine choices I own both ... Prefer the Buck.
Me too. Far better than any other common hot sauce. Maybe some of the boutique hot sauces are better.
This common Vietnamese hot sauce (can find in Oriental stores) is my favorite along with Tabasco. Tabasco is great on eggs sunny side up!
"Even if the main ingredient is imported (assuming what you say is true), it is still "made" in America."
Apparently the judge in this decision doesn't agree. The judge ruled that because some components were imported the product is not "made in America".
Let's hope it doesn't end up in court with the same judge...I don't think they would buy your argument.
Lars Larson had the owner of Leatherman on his show to talk about this on Friday. Almost every part of most Leatherman tools are made in the USA except files and certain other parts in only certain models. (I believe he may have mentioned scissors) He said that its virtually impossible to find a US company that can produce quality files which is why they buy them from Switzerland. Even though his tools are 90-100% Made in USA he lost this case. His solution is to stamp "Assembled in USA from US and foreign components" which will allow him to use only 50% US parts. He said that this was a perfect example of cutting off your nose to spite your face since it will make people outsource more and not less.
Even though his tools are 90-100% Made in USA he lost this case.
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