This was a forum issue over 7 years ago. Pre 9/11 and the collision of a American aircraft with a chicom Mig made country of origin a issue Doug felt the need to address with feedback from the forum. Politics aside, there is a decided material and philosophical difference between cheap and inexpensive. A chicom multitool is cheap, and directly represents a marketing move to secure sales of an american ( by way of swiss inspiration)intellectual and material product. A Mora is inexpensive, and hardly represents a market grab by a nation who's best efforts have been Volvos and ABBA.