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They are NOT made by the same guy.
Van Veldon, was made by Jerry Van Veldon.
Koho/ Heaton-CCM, was made by Gabe Hackman, who now makes Hacka masks.
His deal with Koho/Heaton was terminated when RBK bought the company, and struck out on his own.
Where they may be some confusion, is where in between launching Hacka, and closing down Koho, he bought the rights to make Sherwood masks for a short time.
I think he ended up making around 200 "Sher-wood" masks, and then started his own line.
Van Veldon may have done the same thing. I don't really know.
A lot of maufacturers will "ghost" things, by which they put their name on it, but it's been made by someone else.
For example, Koho pads, and now RBK, are "technically" ghosted by Lefevbre. He makes them, RBK slaps their name on it.
Josh
This is what I know. However, if you'd like to speak to Gabe directly, he is on this board as mask maven.
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