These guys make webbing, cords, buckles, plastic and metal hardware for sporting goods, outdoor goods, travel gear.

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But the stern steerers retain a passionate following even today for their impressive size and beautiful detailing, including varnished woodwork and custom-designed metal hardware.

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Back to the bricks and mortar (well, plastic and metal) hardware, there's pretty much everything here you need to mix your way up from beginner to gigging DJ.

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The hardware itself is fashioned out of metal that's designed to absorb surrounding colors, making it more likely to blend in.

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The only other noticeable breaks from the flush metal housing are a curious division surrounding the side-mounted dedicated hardware keys (power, volume rocker and camera button) and a flimsy flap on the opposite edge that hides ports for micro-HDMI and micro-USB.

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The fixtures throughout the Lodge are entirely done by Rocky Mountain Hardware--understated sand-cast bronze with a natural coating that allows the metal to blend into its environment--and in the mercifully small and hidden salon (a necessary evil in all spas) for sanitary reasons, the pedicure areas use copper basins and no jets.

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