Schwert,

Thanks for the leads and info. I had stumbled on Lehman's and wildernessaccess.com sites, was pointed to the leevalley site here, but had not seen the Garret Wade site.

I'm still not persuaded that we're only dealing with one maker here. Here's the other that I know of:

http://www.eydonkettle.co.uk/History/history.htm

This larger one is, I think, the one that Lehman's carries. Note that their smaller version is more rounded in contour, that there appears to be only one hole in the base in both sizes, that the handles are slightly contoured, and there appears to be a bit more flare to the base.

I agree that the Garrett Wade version with kit seems like a good deal, but I'm a little dubious about the value of the cook kit. It looks entirely too much like some backpacking kits I've owned that didn't really work terribly well.

The sizes are a bit of a problem- for me, the ideal size would be about 32-35 oz, for two large mugs (mine are about 15-16 ounces), or a mug and enough to shave with in the morning, or a mug and enough to reconstitute a freeze-dried meal. I'm embarrassed to say that I did not know that the British pint was 20 oz- knowing that sort of thing is something I expect of myself. That makes the 1 pint too small, but the 2.5 pint very large at 50 oz. (it really doesn't look that much bigger in the photos). The Storm "Popular" version at "just under 2 pints" (I'm guessing that means close to 38 ounces) would seem to be perfect- and unavailable here, as far as I've seen.

Does yours still leak?