You recall correctly :), but I did, too.
Most of the 'bars' you can buy at most of the different wood shops are made by the Formax manufacturing company. They make the bars either to their own specs or to a customers specs. For example the Veritas green rouge sold by Lee Valley tools.... made by formax.
Here's a link to my previous post on the subject:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/basic...-bars-not.html
The "chromium oxide bars" are actually only about 30 percent chromium oxide, the rest is aluminum oxide which isn't graded with the highest tolerances. My shaves with the 'bars' were lousy compared to the powdered chromium oxide. You can buy all the chromium oxide you need for about 13 bucks from HandAmerican.com, and it's good stuff.