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[Toolmaker51]

'cheap Jap steel' in easily bent nails, while happy as Larry to buy PSS (Pacific States Steel) nails because the company was in San Leandro, CA...but they were fully imported from Japan...

A label can be very deceiving, or informative with equal goals. That so many products are counterfeit is one proof, but careful eye can find little hiccups in the wording or other irregularities. That's different than products under a recognized brand, yet imported from elsewhere. We've all seen negative responses to certain imports; yes, some are undeserved, the rotten ones spoil the whole barrel. Of course the power of suggestion' "Oh, THESE are from the US!".
I'm perfectly OK with output of Japan; that was not always so. To me, no economy exists without a high percentage of it based in quality manufacturing (with attendant subcontractors); they realized what poor output would do to them, turning it around in spectacular manner.
A point of wonder; with the collective talent of HMT.net, if we made something, how it would fare? Obviously, it's purely speculative,logistics make it nigh impossible. I wish more people would indicate their locations, even roughly. Can't imagine why they don't.