Sir... granted that your patriotic rhetoric, (Buy USA! Do not regard cost as an issue. Support American jobs!). taken at face value, inspires those with a love for their country as the right thing to do. But, what happens when we peel back the surface layers and look inside of this onion to exam what is inside? Please, allow me a moment to share my experience in manufacturing and Corporate America. Jobs? In my last position I had to hire 4 Afghani Electrical Engineers to staff 6 total Industrial Electrician positions in a union plant due to a lack of applicants. In my current position, I have not been able to fully staff the maintenance department due to a shortage of qualified applicants. If not for the hardworking and wonderful people South of our border my staffing level would be at 35%. Don't even get me started on the way Corporate America treats its workers. Six and seven day work weeks, 12 hours a day, and you need every penny you earn to support your family. Treated like an unthinking piece of property owned by the company so that work is nothing more than a means to an end. Companies that take on tremendous amounts of cost just to justify management positions and all that cost gets passed on to the consumer in higher prices. I sir, will blindly support America but Corporate America can kiss my a$$. I decide where to spend my hard earned money. I proudly tow my USA made boat with a Toyota truck. I have zero issues with the Shimano Curado DC reel I just purchased to put on my new St. Croix rod. And anyone that thinks I am less of a patriot for doing so is deeply mistaken.

Sir... granted that your patriotic rhetoric, (Buy USA! Do not regard cost as an issue. Support American jobs!). taken at face value, inspires those with a love for their country as the right thing to do. But, what happens when we peel back the surface layers and look inside of this onion to exam what is inside? Please, allow me a moment to share my experience in manufacturing and Corporate America. Jobs? In my last position I had to hire 4 Afghani Electrical Engineers to staff 6 total Industrial Electrician positions in a union plant due to a lack of applicants. In my current position, I have not been able to fully staff the maintenance department due to a shortage of qualified applicants. If not for the hardworking and wonderful people South of our border my staffing level would be at 35%. Don't even get me started on the way Corporate America treats its workers. Six and seven day work weeks, 12 hours a day, and you need every penny you earn to support your family. Treated like an unthinking piece of property owned by the company so that work is nothing more than a means to an end. Companies that take on tremendous amounts of cost just to justify management positions and all that cost gets passed on to the consumer in higher prices. I sir, will blindly support America but Corporate America can kiss my a$$. I decide where to spend my hard earned money. I proudly tow my USA made boat with a Toyota truck. I have zero issues with the Shimano Curado DC reel I just purchased to put on my new St. Croix rod. And anyone that thinks I am less of a patriot for doing so is deeply mistaken.

My apologies to you fine sir. I never intended to imply that anyone was unpatriotic, especially fisherman, for buying products elsewhere.
I most definitely agree with you that corporate America has huge problems. I actually retired early because I felt like a piece of meat.
Funny thing that you mentioned a Toyota truck. I live in Lafayette Indiana. We have a huge Toyota factory that makes pick up trucks. Many people that I know work there and are treated well. I would buy a Toyota pickup truck that was made in my local community.
It's impossible to buy only made in America. Even the foods that I buy are grown
Elsewhere

Ambassadeur reels can be quite collectable, but I do not think this one qualifies as collectible at all:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/313641127667?hash=item490677cef3:g:qLIAAOSwb~xhGvB2&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAsO7G5f7hlMBgw1FejyPDd0f8CRB14clh6ZIW2i0nGmRlRw6D5Dmd4MW6z8Nj0eS7x%2F6Ff80lT2dFcJa5Aui3t5l4Lpa5CsR1de%2FcJOnnRm3IlpkP1UNl9Gr9byfVZ7H37kijvFGh9IlSh2gm0r1C9slxtnfwUuly0%2FQ%2BtWTwssNxre%2BUGrZQvrAohiJowDON4ccGcYok9tpAZruAozF698b9UN%2BOJp2D4Kcbw5EQiz1N%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR6D04evIYQ

I am a real fan of Ambassadeur reels, but I would not pay more than $40 for this reel and then only if I was looking for hard to find parts.

Frank