I would'nt doubt that you're right. I do worry about the archival quality of a nashbar. I know you're paying for the name on a CK, but they got that rep through proven performance. If anyone has a 2 year old nashbar, please chime in. I really have no preference or biased, I have no reason to. I started out looking for a cheap 1" thats going to last. I'm starting to think that it may be worth it to go CK.