Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Made in Hong Kong used to be the name on almost anything shoddy sold in the UK from the 1960's on. But copying and "faking" started a lot earlier in the UK. The region known as the Potteries, or 5 Towns, in the English Midlands includes smaller towns named Dresden and Delft and used to manufacture china and pottery labeled "Made in Dresden" or "Made in Delft", Delftware is still being manufactured today and was first nade by Wedgewood and Minton in the 18th and 19th centuries. Cheers Douglas Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > I think all these are in the realms of urban legend, and each country has > its own take on this. Here in India it was a mythical society called > "Ulhasnagar Sindhi Association" which was deemed responsible for all the > fake "Made in USA" stuff.... > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 11:13 PM, Leonard Taupier > <len-001@verizon.net>wrote: > > >> Seth, >> >> Yes, your dad was right. >> >> Len >> >> >> On Feb 5, 2009, at 12:01 PM, Seth Rosner wrote: >> >> Oh you're THAT old Larry? ;-) >> >>> I recall, as a kid, my dad telling me - and I don't know to this day if >>> it >>> is/was fact or apocryphal - that before WWII there was a Japanese town >>> called Usa where much manufacture was done, so that they could mark >>> products: "made in Usa" >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Zeitlin" < >>> lrzeitlin@optonline.net> >>> To: <lug@leica-users.org> >>> Cc: "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> >>> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 11:42 AM >>> Subject: [Leica] Re: China, Japan, Thailand, etc. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Feb 5, 2009, at 11:06 AM, Chris wrote: >>>> >>>> The "pro" >>>> >>>>> gear is still "Made in Japan". >>>>> >>>>> >>>> When I was a kid,"Made in Japan" had a pejorative ring to it. Only >>>> cheap stuff was made in Japan. >>>> >>>> Larry Z >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.17/1934 - Release Date: >>> 02/04/09 >>> 08:24:00 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >