Shinola: American Assembly in a Globalized Market
In the landscape of modern manufacturing—where outsourcing is the norm and “Made in China” dominates product labels—one brand has made a calculated bet on domestic assembly: Shinola. Founded in 2011 and based in Detroit, Michigan, Shinola has built its reputation on assembling watches, leather goods, and other lifestyle products in the United States. Its stated mission is as much about job creation and urban revitalization as it is about selling luxury goods. Continue reading
Novix Outdoors
If you are an outdoors person, especially someone who hunts, you know that hunting season is very fast approaching. Are you prepared? Do you have your gear lined out? Novix Outdoors has been producing American Made hunting products for over 17 years. Their products are mostly geared towards deer hunters who are planning to be positioned in a treestand. They offer hang on treestands, ladder stands, saddle platforms and also full hunt ready systems . Continue reading
American Tariffs
American Made products are very much in the news these days due to the various tariffs that President Trump has enacted. Whether you think these tariffs are good or bad is not what we are interested in though. What we are interested in is Americans using their hard-earned cash to purchase from American Made companies. What better way to boost our own economy than by making purchases from those companies that manufacture here in the United States? Continue reading
Wiggys
Are you the type of individusal that likes to get outdoors and do some camping? What is your sleeping bag setup? Your sleeping bag is arguably the most important piece of gear you have with you, so perhaps you should be using one made in American by Wiggys! Personally we lean towards the rectangular sleeping bags just due to liking a bit of space to move around. But maybe you’d prefer mummy style bag instead? Continue reading
Skydio
Ever heard of an American Made drone? We hadn’t either. Actually, we were convinced they didn’t exist. Thankfully, we were wrong. Skydio is an American company that designs, assembles and supports it’s drones from right here in the United States. We take our responsibility as America’s leading drone manufacturer seriously. We design, assemble, and support our products in the U.S. We develop our software in-house and source our processors from U. Continue reading
Nicks Handmade Boots
Comfort and quality are two very important things to us when it comes to what we wear on our feet. Comfort is obvious, especially for those on their feet all day. Quality should be equally as important as you want your things to last as long as they can. You’ll get both of these with a pair of American Made boots from Nicks Handmade Boots. Nicks is a USA owned and operated company, using US Sourced materials. Continue reading
Heretic
Are you the type of person that likes to do some overlanding in your kitted Bronco? Maybe you like to explore the desert in your very equipped Raptor? You’ll want some good lighting for these types of adventures, that’s for sure. For that, we have found Heretic , manufacturers of American Made lighting for your offroad rig. Our products are made in the USA in our own shop by our small team of lighting experts and we are proud of that. Continue reading
Steel Lighting Company
Over the years we have found one of the harder areas stick to our “Buy American” mantra is when shopping for house items. So many companies these days farm out production to wherever they can get the lowest price for labor. More often than not producing an end product that comes nowhere near meeting the standards that many of us desire. Then we found Steel Lighting Company and their awesome American Made lighting products. Continue reading