Originally Posted by
bugsNbows
Since when is Schott glass made in the USA? Only a five year warranty? Everything else on your list is standard these days. No thanks, not for me. If you like / want one, go for it. Good luck.
schott makes glass in the usa, mexico and canada in addition to other countries. i know this because i have made tooling for schott's usa and canada grinding factories. i also know that nikon and leica produce glass in the usa for the same reason. the reason so many optics companies have factories in many countries is the demand for eye glasses is great, eye glasses are custom made to the customer and outsourcing would mean extremely long wait times to the end user. so i dont know if these factories produce glass for traditional optics like binos and spotter but i do know for a fact that they (previously mentioned names) produce glass for domestic markets