By Charles D. Schultz

There are no self-made men or women in the gear trade. I frequently told my children that “all generalizations are wrong” yet I will stand by that opening sentence.

Why? Because we work in a trade so old that no one can claim to have “invented” it. It seems to have popped up in several places with a surprising level of sophistication while lingering on in a relatively primitive state for a very long time.