trend over time, you can't explain away everything; sometimes it is as it appears. It's a bit of a catch-22, because he does seem to have a unique knack/talent for building quality harnesses. I've dealt with him twice; first exchange went perfect, second exchange went bad but didn't have too; simple reasonable communication would have solved it all. I paid money both times so you can't use the "looky-loo" logic on me! haha!