From: John Cuccia 

On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:35:44 +0100, "Phil Payne"
 wrote:

>I just cooked for a friend.
>
>She admired my "fish slice".  Nah - it's a hamburger flipper I earned
>flipping burgers for a friend in Vienna VA when he had a staff crisis - I
>did two evening shifts and was duly paid in beer and a flipper.
>
>I've had it over twenty years and it still looks pretty new.  No spalling of
>the handle, etc.
>
>I'm sure it was made in the USA - but there isn't a mark on it.  This is a
>GOOD product - why didn't the manufacturer put its name on it?
>
>That started a discussion.  I found I own quite a few objects that I _know_
>were made in the USA.  Not a trace of origin marks on any of them - are
>these companies not proud of their products?
>
>I know my favourite breaker bar (lovely rubber handle - a delight after a
>day's heavy use) was made by CK Tools - they don't seem to make them any
>more.  A shame, but is it partly due to them not putting their name on it?

When I was a kid, around the time that the transistor radio made its
appearance, the joke was that there was a city in Japan named Usa, where
all the products marked "Made in the USA" were really
manufactured.


I wouldn't bet on your CK Tool being built over here:

http://www.ck-tools.com/about_us.htm
C.K tools can be traced back to Germany 100 years ago when, in 1904, Carl
K„mmerling set up his own business in Wuppertal selling tools under the C.K
brand. Since this time C.K tools have been supplied around the World.

and...

C.K tools are now available in over 40 countries worldwide, at over 20,000
outlets. However, Europe is the main market for C.K tools, with 80% of
sales. There are 3 European offices; the headquarters in the UK, plus
offices in Germany and Ireland.

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