Roger should contact Steve Noall. Noall tents are the best. I don't know if Steve still makes his custom tents for people, but the guy is truly gifted. I read he only had about five sewing people but the workmanship is all high end. The tents were extremely expensive but I thought of them as the Western Mountaineering of Tents. He could make the tents for Roger and charge the high end price. The last known place of residence for him was down in Palm Springs California near a place called Devil's Ladder or something like that. Back when Steve was partnered up with Wayne Gregory they made a tent called The Tahquitz which is just a fantastic tent for 3 to 4 people and has such a clever design and I am the proud owner of one.
Anyhow, just my two cents on the topic.
On the Asian production idea, Roger should contact the Walrus (George Marks) co-founder of Sierra Designs, Walrus Tents, and now working in China. Apparently George is also a Master at languages and can speak fluent Chinese where he directs a company that makes products for Cabela's etc. Perhaps George could help if that route was taken again. I enjoyed reading an article on George where he talked about making those sleeping bags and because he did not want to be bothered by confusing names when he sewed them, he called them the 100, the 200, and the 300. I own a 200 and it is still in fantastic shape.
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