cyber monday sale--flag boxes

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Sorry, but no deal. Every one of these cheap flag frames that I have seen are made in China. I will not put our US flag in a Chinese flag frame.
 
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I use the pre made flag cases if I have to, but we usually do a shadow box for the client instead. I have 2 examples in store that I show when a customer ask's for one. Most go for the framing over the pre made. But it is Cyber Monday so if people are gonna buy them, GO FOR IT!
 
FrameMakers said:
Sorry, but no deal. Every one of these cheap flag frames that I have seen are made in China. I will not put our US flag in a Chinese flag frame.
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I could not agree more. I would make very sure that customers understood that the ones in the store are made in the USA.
 
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My father in law died in September and his son purchased one of those ready made cases that holds the flag and medals and a photo. He took it to his mother and they tried to put all the items into it. It is so poorly built and finished that he asked me to fix it....why he didn't ask me, the framer, to do it in the first place I will never understand. First the flag was folded poorly and was thicker than the frame was deep. And, it was backed with some acidic board. the background fabric for the medals area was awful and peeling off of the same acidic board.
The side walls were so thin I could barely use staples or points or wedges and feel like they would hold everything in place. God forbid someone would try to hang the thing. thankfully it will sit on a table. And, I attached all the medals, etc in a much better manner and on a different fabric background.

You get what you pay for.
 
Kyle Henson said:
Is it PC to use the Chinese frame if the flag was made in China?
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When I went to replace the flag in my Masonic Lodge, I had to look all over. I finally found one size from one company that was made here.
All the rest of the "American" frags are made in Asia (most in Red China, some in Vietnam and Korea).

Predominately the flags we have received to frame lately that were coffin drapes or "flown over the capital/WH/abuGreb/etc" were made in China.

If you happen to find that "this is just wrong"... may I happily suggest making good use of this link:
http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/uscongress/a/letterscongress.htm
 
You know that the last flag that I framed, brought in with the certificate that said it had been "flown over" someplace or other, certificate signed by military brass and such - in the fine print it admitted that the the thing, in its factory shrink wrappings, and with boxes and boxes of its brethren, were loaded into some sort of aircraft and flown over whatever they said it was flown over.

In an airplane - not up a flag pole.

I think that is just wrong.

And the proud Navy wife who brought it in for framing said it had been "very expensive."

(That's why she bought the carpy BB shadowbox frame with the sprayed on velour backing board for ME to do the final assembly.)
 
I found a really good company through the SAR website, located in Mount Pleasant, SC. American Flagpoles and Flags is veteran owned family business. All of their flags are made in the USA and all but a very few of their accessories are made here too.

Great, friendly service and fast delivery.

http://www.americanflags.net
 
Yup, just checked again. Flag I bought on the USS Constitution, that "had flown" from the mast....... blah blah blah...... MIC.

No wonder I never framed it.
 
If you want a readymade flag frame that is made in the USA and is great quality, SpartaCraft is the place to go. They have a good selection and are a good company to work with.
 
Tim is right. Sparta Craft is excellent quality and great to deal with. I used to buy a fair amount from them. Michaels then moved to the area and that killed it for me. I couldnt compete with their price.
 
Framar said:
You know that the last flag that I framed, brought in with the certificate that said it had been "flown over" someplace or other, certificate signed by military brass and such - in the fine print it admitted that the the thing, in its factory shrink wrappings, and with boxes and boxes of its brethren, were loaded into some sort of aircraft and flown over whatever they said it was flown over.

In an airplane - not up a flag pole.

I think that is just wrong.
I do about 10 of these a month. It is on the Servicemember and the Command. In the Army the Soldier is reponsible for purchasing, flying, and folding. The big issue we, my units in both Kosova and Iraq, had with this is US Customs. Once the flag has been opened and flown, it does get dirty, depending on alot of factors. When we would ship these home or mail them Customs would confinscate them due to what ever reason they wanted to give at the time. It got to the point that we would just keep them in the "shrink wrap" and have them flown on a combat flight or on patrol, thus not getting dirty. Now if the Servicemember hand carries it back they have almost always made it back. It really depends on who is at the gate when you enter the states or leave the country for home.
This is just my experience and I can't/don't want to speak for every Branch.
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Here are some examples of what I've done. The most common is the house, which is made of oak and satined to the desired color. The square shadow boxes have recently become more popular, as Sodliers can add more items, patches, pictues, etc.

As far as "dirt" from forgien countries,I've had to leave entire kits behind because I couldn't get all the dirt off, cost me a pretty penny now that I think about it!

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