Do you know whether he gets his supplies of Bolt action pens from the same supplier as PSI or TB? since clearly, as evidenced by your helpful post
here and
this lengthy thread on IAP, they are not one and the same.
Walter,
(I recap on some of this info for those not totally in the know) penkitsuk, ie Tony Parker, who operates through both eBay and his own website, resells products bought from a company in Xiamen, Fujian province, China. This is the same company that Axminster buy some, but not all of their products. I know this as fact as neither remove all the manufacturers marks on the packaging!
I believe that the company that Tony Parker gets his kits from is not the same as the PSI manufacturer. I am not convinced that Timberbits get their kits from either of the other suppliers sources. The reason for this is that I can't see PSIs suppliers selling to TB, there was the start of a court case and lawyers letters, the outcome of which was TBs lawyers advising them not to ship their version of the bolt Action to US customers. I can't see PSIs supplier selling to TB, the power of the PSI buyers should have been able to turn the screw to stop the sale to other suppliers, especially if PSI put significant other business to that supplier. In terms of quality, the Chinese supplier (to Tony Parker) does not use as good a quality plating and the nose come has had a tendency to fall off. I have found quality issues with both the PSI and The TB (mark one) kits, the bolt action handle twists beyond the designed position. The TB kit (mark two) kit is of a superior design to both the bolt actions supplied by psi and tony Parker but it does forego the particular oversized traditional bolt action in favour of a knob. I suspect that the mark two kit from tb comes from dayacom, as their similar kit on their website is annotated with an Australian patent number - speculation though.
So after all that, three different companies in my opinion.