[AlbertCory]

> The quality of a mass-produced product like a consumer hand tool isn't a function of the country in which it is made but rather of its design.

I don't think you've read all the posts by people with actual experience in manufacturing. Give the same "design" to two different factories and you get two different results. Manufacturing matters.

[eru]

Though I wouldn't necessarily blame it directly on country. Rather on culture.

As an example, manufacturing in southern Italy vs norther Italy might be rather different, too.