Glenn!That would be Tom Osborn of BrushFire Percussion. He is the son of Don Osborn Sr., and brother of Donny Osborn Jr., the family that owned/ran Slingerland back in the day. I met him at the Chicago Drum Show as he came over to chat about my display of BR snare drums/history. I have a couple pair myself! .. however .. as you may know I play a better than fair amount of brushes with the Sinatra Show, and actually prefer the Vic Firth Steve Gadd model, simply because they have the tips "upswept" which keeps them from catching on the hoop. Otherwise the VF SG model mimic's the RegalTip black retractable model across the board. Here's a link to Tom Osborn's company: http://www.brushfirepercussion.com/ Tommyp