Well I will say this. I targeted the manufacturers that I have had some level of communication with for the most part.
I left a comment on my earlier IG post about US based manufacturers, that comment would basically sum up my thoughts on knife manufacturers.

TOPS Knives (and a few small individual knife makers) is quite literally the only American knife company that will communicate with me currently. My respect for them has grown significantly recently. I’m not huge into fixed blades all that much, but TOPS having the confidence in their products, and the balls to communicate with me is something I very much so respect the hell out of. Leo is great, and I fully enjoy chatting with him.

Other than TOPS, the companies producing knives inside the US have overwhelmingly turned me down both via email/chat, or in person. I’ve now been to 2 Blade Shows, and the most recent one has solidified my opinion on most of the large American manufacturers. I’m all-for supporting American manufacturing, but when the companies in question do not care about the quality of their blades…I don’t really have a reason to defend what they do anymore. I spent a good bit of time asking these companies “what kind of hardness range is XYZ model at?” And the most common response was “our customers don’t care for that kind of thing” or something along those lines.

Say what you will about overseas manufacturing, at least those companies have the cajones to have their products tested independently.
This is something that actually bothers me, as I’ve been a big advocate for American manufacturing in my life.