At least two Idaho manufacturers are bringing a small number of jobs back to the U.S.

Buck Knives http://www.buckknives.com/ was facing the pressure of getting its labor costs down about a dozen years ago. The company began shipping up to half its production to China.

Domestic customers — many of them fans of the company’s well-known hunting knives — weren’t happy. They wanted their product made in America.

"Hunters are rednecks, and they don’t like anything with that C word on it," said Chuck Buck, the company chairman, whose grandfather founded the company in 1902.

BY BILL ROBERTS – [email protected]

Full Story: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/10/23/1850121/made-in-china.html

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