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HopeHoops

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9. K&R - I've still got 20+ year old canvas bags from a small shop in NH.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 01:17 PM

Oct 2012

They had machines so old it was frightening - one of them did exactly one thing - the box with an X in it to hold a strap on. Those bags are all still in service.

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Made by Hand: Carhartt Made in USA (and they employ over 900 UFCW members at their factories) [View all] Omaha Steve Oct 2012 OP

NO ONE makes better clothes than Carharrt madrchsod Oct 2012 #1

I second that. I am wearing Carhartt right now. It takes several seasons just alfredo Oct 2012 #2

I'm wearing Carhartt clothes right now.... mike_c Oct 2012 #3

Ben Davis Crow73 Oct 2012 #4

Carhartt barn jackets and overalls are the best and reasonably priced at the seed and feed. marble falls Oct 2012 #5

I've been seeing ad's on occasion from American Apparal on... Left Coast2020 Oct 2012 #6

Quality Made Right Here in the USA rustysgurl Oct 2012 #7

I remember when East TN and North Carolina were the mills of America. fasttense Oct 2012 #8

K&R - I've still got 20+ year old canvas bags from a small shop in NH. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #9

Isn't Big Ed Schultz wearing a Carrhardt jacket in his ad for Dem. Party? I wish I could find a Honeycombe8 Oct 2012 #10

Where is your big "breaking news," Omaha? nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2012 #11