Re: Stephensons?

Scruggs -

Small gear manufacturing is much like the indie music world (in which I live) - many of the finest songwriters and musicians are people you've never heard of - because they don't morph themselves into the mainstream definition of, say, a country singer.

High quality mountain equipment is very much the same - I suppose that - as with music and musicians - you need to search them out. Forums like this, perhaps whiteblaze (an appalachian trail site), mountain club websites and places like that would be good sources. At least for indie music we've got myspace and other web outlets!

As an aside - do you have a website where some of your gear is shown?

Ray Jardine started his own gear company - no reason you couldn't as well!

Me? I'm trying to get Nashville to pay attention ...