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Non-American here: Made in USA isn’t a marker for quality any longer. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. These days, I make an effort to not buy American products. I wish that was different, but rarely have I seen this mix of carelessness and poor quality control without any attention to detail.

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Also non-American, and it's not often that I buy things that are manufactured in the US, but sometimes I do relating to tools and automotive related. My experience is usually that the quality is excellent. I think if one thing stands out, it's tooling. Americans are obsessed with excellent tooling and that shows.

Dont care to provide any examples eh?

Anecdote time. I was in Munich during the winter and had forgotten gloves. I was at an upscale hotel and everything there was paid for by work, so I got a pair of knitted gloves from their in-hotel store. The clerk made a point to tell me they were imported and of the highest quality.

The tag said "Made in Upstate New York"

Kind of agree. I can't say I ever associated "Made in USA" with quality, and especially not with the combination of quality and elegance I associate with other countries. That being said, I would assume most people are biased towards their own country with regards to this, or perhaps the country stamped on long-lasting stuff they grew up with.

How about USA-made Starrett combination squares? Is there any better, anywhere in the world? https://starrett.com/category/111001

I have no idea. Are combination squares popular outside of the US? :)

That's like asking if accurate right angles are popular vs necessary in various trades :)

I wasn't sure what a combination square was so I checked Wikipedia and they only had entries in English, Dutch and Spanish, so I assumed they were some kind of special case of right angle not very popular over here.

Why are you copy pasting the same comment more than once?

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