I was seriously looking into a Kogswell P. here is what i found.
The soft paint issue occurs with all of the frames. It is accuall a desined default, it is cheaper for the owner of Kogswell to get a less expensive paint job in Taiwan, wich keeps your cost down. The intent is the owner of the frame should customise the frames paint in a year or so, and the owner will send you free stickers to redo the frame. What this kind of sounds like is he (kogswell's owner) can deliver you a frame that is less expencive at the time of purchase, but is desined to need repainting in less than one year. If you are courious to find out more go to the Kogswell chatroom.