Not sure where it really comes from, but the site says “Made in the USA”.

Front opening and rear flap, What better to keep the majority of your body warm while awoken on a frigid winter night?

Probably great for hunting and ice fishing too.

JCPenney($30-$40)

Enjoy and Happy new year.

North Star Leather makes some fine leather wallets and many other leather acessories out of their factory in Ruby South Carolina.

I was in need of a new front pocket wallet. I ordered the Leather money clip/card ID pockets.  I had been looking for a wallet for a while now. I’ve seen a couple cheap wallets at the flea market that would do… but I wanted something someone made, here.

The Leather money clip arrived and something was just not right about it… It was built perfect, Everything fit perfect.. but I couldn’t put my finger on it. Finally, I realized it was Brown instead of the Black I had ordered.  I Emailed Northstar and got a prompt response offering ot replace the wallet and shipping cost for the return of the Brown wallet.  Keep in mind this is for a $7 wallet. That is some great service.

I declined the deal to ship the wallet back and ordered a new black wallet. It would cost us both more in time than it’s worth.  I now have an early christmas gift for someone who likes brown wallets.

All is good now. I have the black wallet, It’s very built very well.  I expect I will get many years of service out of it.

∞North Star Leather

I’ve been looking for a new sleeping bag for a few months. My current bag(eggplant) is from when I was like 10 and going to summer camp. Eggplant protects to temperatures down to 65 degrees. Enough about this, Let’s talk about Equinox.

So, I ran across Equinox on the PennPortal blog, Equinox makes Hiking/Day bags, cargo bags, Sleeping bags, many other outdoor living accessories. They are made in Williamsport Pennsylvania, for over 20 years.

I’m going to go with the Forest Green Koala camp bag. (I’ll skip the Eggplant this time)

Equinox Outdoor gear found via PennPortal

The REV360™ moves in a smooth oscillating motion. Cutting hairs with a straight edge to minimize bumps! And it can actually reduce shaving time.

Cards:

• HardCards via Treehugger: Recycled and made in the USA. I love sarcasm.

Tools:

• Channel Lock Tools via PennPortal (Great Site!)

Sandals:

• Okabashi
• Island Slipper

Toys

• Holgate Toys via The Examiner

ToteBags:

• Kristi G via PRweb

Crosstex makes a number of their face masks and other products in the USA.

Check out the Crosstex Isolator Plus N95 Respirator.

It’s common in Japan for sick people to wear a mask, out of curdosy, to prevent other from getting sick. Maybe we should learn something from Them   Feeling under the weather, Get your mask on!

∞Crosstex

Hit a couple stores and this is what was found.

• Suncast Hose Reel – View Suncast on Amazon – I bought a SHA150, sub $30, It’s fair quality but I hardly use the hose through out the year so it will hold up fine.  If you use your hose much, Pickup one of their heavier duty models. They are built much stronger and will run you between $50-100.
• Flexon Hose -View Flexon on Amazon – Nice hose, My current hoses were just too weather damaged. Picked this up at Big Lots for a steal, $15 bucks for 50 ft. The connector is great, easy to attach to the spigot.
• Anchor Hocking Co – Glassware – $5 bucks for a pitcher, another Big Lots score. I’m getting things together to brew beer. This may come in handy when I experiment with keging my beer.  Visit Anchor Hocking on Amazon

My Dad is in the market for some new summer work boots. While we were out we hit a local “Chain”, they have two stores. Chuck’s boots, has an awe inspiring selection of boots(seriously we were there for at least an hour and didn’t make it through Everything). Everything made in the USA is marked with a US flag.

• Chippewa boots – Most everything I saw of this brand was made in the USA. Check your labels though.
• Thourogood
• Rocky Uniform
• Danner - Portland Oregon
• Justin boots
• Carolina Boots
• Corcoran and Matterhorn
• Double H
• Tony Lama

Post a comment if you have used any of these Products. We would all love to hear your experience.

They also do custom printing in Michigan.

∞UESAY

Reader suggested (I have also been looking around at this stuff  for a while), Thanks John Schwartzlose:

By far, the most impressive underclothing store I’ve seen has to be Wickers. They have an amazing selection of underclothing. Mostly designed for sport and the outdoors/work-men/-women use.  I’m for sure picking up some of their biking shorts for the coming year (sorry to give you that visual).

Campbellsville Apparel Company, I’m told they do sell White underclothes at some points throughout the year.  The Moisture wicking Polyester comes in handy here in the mid-west during the summer. (Suggested by John. Thanks again.)

City Boxers, They have a very impressive line up of… you guessed it, boxers. Made in Maine.

Union label seems to have a good selection of Undergarments.

American Apparel does also Cary Mens and Womens “Intimates”, oh and don’t forget the kids briefs.

Womens Organics at BlueCanoe.

Skiviez has some mens briefs.

Please mention USA Made to your friends and family. As always, if you have any thing to say, Please do put your thoughts in the comments.

∞Ryan

I have it on good authority that Pointer jeans make a high quality product. Not just one, but Two people have mentioned them to me with high praise. They have a great selection, and everything is Made in Tennessee.

∞Pointer Jeans

Reader suggested site, Thanks S Bowyer:

These bags sound very durable. The testimonials are outstanding and they have a lifetime warranty on manufactures defects. You can’t beat that. Also check out the Laptop Sleeve sizer, it gives you the proper sleeve for your laptop.

I personally think they look a little plain and boxy, maybe like a case from the early 90’s, Not that this is a bad thing. It is kind of growing on me.  I honestly think I need to see one.

I do really like the wallets. I have been in the market for a wallet for a while, I might just pick one up.

∞WaterField