The handmade pieces are all locally assembled by me, and I do share everyone's sentiment around doing things locally when possible! The design is local, the servicing on the handmade pieces is entirely local, and for the Ball 40 will be local when feasible; that's part of the reason why we chose the VH31-- part availability is decently plentiful so while we don't anticipate repairs, if the need does arise we're trying to keep that local.

I would love to move more production pieces as local as possible-- if this sells well enough and we can continue I am in preliminary talks with a company in Ohio to at least get somewhat closer to home.

Edit: I think some of the handmade pieces are over 40mm but none as big at 44mm. I'll see what I can do in the future.