Van Staal [SIZE="1"]made in china[/SIZE]

[Skitterpop]

Originally Posted by Ken_J

ZeeBaas. Made down the street from me.

Zebco/Van Staal can keep their China crap.

Assembled from parts from where?

[spence]

Exactly...most everything today is made from components sourced around the world.

And while I'm moderately anti-China in theory, it's not fair to label goods from China as "crap". There certainly is a lot of crap for sure, but for some goods they can deliver top shelf quality.

I was astounded when I saw that Ralph Lauren was having hand knit sweaters made in China for his most expensive Purple Label line of clothing. They are a thousand dollars each.

-spence

[fishpoopoo]

China's fairly experienced when it comes to textiles, Spence.

remember where silk came from, thousands of years ago.

[togue]

ZeeBaaS look sweet. Last time I looked I only saw it as a prototype, nice to see them for sale.

Now, if I could only win Mega Bucks I'd buy one or two......

[spence]

Originally Posted by fishpoopoo

China's fairly experienced when it comes to textiles, Spence.

remember where silk came from, thousands of years ago.

Yes and no. Sure they can make silk, but their ability to process cashmere into quality yarn is still lacking. There are very few Chinese houses that can produce quality tailored clothing on the same scale as Italy. Etc, etc...

-spence