even more history...the plug came from England, brought over by Yoshi, the leash guy, tooled by don Kirby for cheetah as the stiletto... don't know how warlock got the mold, or if was a splash, but warlock sold their mold to gene at howard, he made two boats and sold the mold he had... I believe this is the history, correct me if i'm wrong... but that's what I got with my research