That does sound like a totally legitimate question to me.I remember asking why they had to get the English to make their mugs.
Maybe when the Brits owned them?
The English do make the best mugs.
I looked at a pen. It says made in West Germany. View attachment 506
I got that mug from Al Mar in 1983 or 84 at a show.
Al sold his knives and worked as HK rep.
More counterfeiters than bean-counters I think.I'll bet they're not so picky, now. I don't buy swag, but will bet a bunch is Asian. It's a world of bean-counters....and consumers who don't care about quality.
Just checked my coffee mugs... yeppers.. made in China... but they still seem good quality. To be honest it is hard to buy stuff these days that is not made there. I try every time I can to buy made in the USA but every year it gets harder. Of course this rule does not apply to my guns and accessories... lmao.I'll bet they're not so picky, now. I don't buy swag, but will bet a bunch is Asian. It's a world of bean-counters....and consumers who don't care about quality.
I looked at some old catalogs. They sell some of their give away stuff but I did not see pics of any of it in catalogs so far.
Since u are the ☆official HK historian☆I'll dig through to see when they listed them if you want. They prob gave as samples, then listed next year.
Yes to English and best mugs.
Bean-counters are determining where the HK swag comes from. Look at Sigarms as the transformation model. I lived and breathed SIG, till they came here, and started making rainbow and tread-pattern crap. Nothing since.More counterfeiters than bean-counters I think.