It's hard to stand by and watch a classic knife company stray away from the quality that made them classic. The economic lure of Chinese or Pakistan made knives has taken away too many customers and become the solution for profitability for overpaid and unimaginitive CEO's who focus only on the quarterly profits. These CEO's are willing to ride the company brand into the ground, deploying their golden parachutes at the last minute. These factors contributed to the fall of Schrade and Camillus among others. Even Leatherman no longer has the 'USA' stamp on the pliers. If a company CEO is determined to go cheap, then all we can do is vote with our checkbooks.