Nation of Origin, Not

I know this one has been raked over quite a bit, but it may be worth another round. Can we pretty much assume that many pipes stamped from a particular country, and famously associated with that country, may well have been partially produced elsewhere? Contractors in Italy, France, Spain, and Poland seem to be busy making stummels and maybe stems for pipes branded and often stamped as made in Denmark, England, Canada, and elsewhere. I'm not identifying a scam. Many of the pipe makers readily admit this, Eric Nording for example. Others are shy and secretive, so likely Dunhill has some work on some pipes down outside UK. I was disillusioned for a while, since part of the fantasy of pipes for me was having items original to various pipe producing countries. But now I'm accepting. It's the market place and if it doesn't pay, the product can't be offered. I still assume that artisanal pipes are made by one person or only a few in a stated place of their residency. Does it matter? Is everybody happy, as the old saying goes? I still insist that MM cobs are made entirely and only in Washington, Missouri, and Dr. Grabow pipes are made only in Sparta, North Carolina ... only and forever. I don't care what else you know, don't tell me about it.

My glasses frames are designed in Denmark but made in Japan. The same design and manufacture division happens with a lot of pipes. Also, design can relocate and outlive the designer, as with Stanwell, now in Italy, still doing factory pipes designed by Sixten Iversson.
The Matrix and the Pontiac Vibe are great little cars. I am a driver of four-bangers, which are economical, durable, and parkable in the city and suburb traffic I navigate. I have only owned German and Japanese cars, but have often started at dealerships of American makes. I have always been rebuffed, and I've found that strange. I did go underdressed one time. I'm not particularly noticeable or objectionable, visually anyway. I don't wear my avatar fez. I spent thirty minutes waiting for a Mercury Sable salesman to talk to me, but he was busy talking to another dealership salesman. There's always been some problem between me and sales staff at American dealerships. One sales guy told me if I was going to buy an American car, I'd better buy a service warranty with it. I always end up at another dealership and buy German (my first car) or Japanese, where the sales staffs have been eager and obliging and willing to deal on price to some degree. Something going on there, over many decades; I'm not a special case, this has to have happened to millions of people over time. Puzzled.

sable', it's a noble cause and one that Barling can at least remember with pride. In 1928, it would have been somewhat enforceable, but today, it would be a farce. In commerce, it's not the evil governments, it's transportation, digital devices and networks, and market forces. If you can knock half the price off your stummels by having them carved in some other nation, how are you going to compete not doing that? Unless you live where it grows, you have to begin by buying briar overseas, for starters. But a nobel history for Barling.