AS is not capeable at this time of sub contracting for Paul-Son.
All AS chips are injection molded. They have a lot of plastic in them.

Paul-Son is one of the only 2 chip makers in the world still using the clay composition process for making chips. TR King is the other and when is the last time you seen a new TR King chip.

IF AS was to make a H&C chip, the difference would be the same as night and day.
Hold an A Crest and a H&C in your hand. LMK if you can tell the fifference.