New Tribe Traveling ONYX

[MasterBlaster]

Cool. I can trash the insurance ticket.

 

[Porkbrick]

on my way up to SF bright and early to deliver to Deva. i was impressed with the saddle. the construction and materials were all well considered. a couple of things that did bother me. the leg buckles, the non adjusting side of the buckle is sewn in a way that puts it several inches from the edge of the leg pad. that means that it rubbed uncomfortably on my leg and limited the movement of the webbing through the shackle or rig plate. i would prefer to see the buckle sewn on top of the leg pad or built with some kind of padding under it. the second also has to do with padding. because the construction of the belt is so flexible, there is nothing keeping the dee rings from digging into the hips when your weight is in your lanyard in any position but right in front of you. again, some padding or re-enforcing with a more rigid material would solve this. like a few others i also have noassatall, and i most definitely need suspenders on ANY saddle i wear with a saw. it would be nice to see a y style suspender offered as an extra for the saddle. overall i give it an 8.5 out of 10. well done. if my handmade custom saddle ever wears out, this one will be at the top of my wish list.

 

[Bodean]

Look forward to meeting up, Jamie.

Deva

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I hope the suspender strap helped a bit Jaimie. With out it.. the no "assatsall" really was apparent....

 

[Bodean]

I've got the Onyx. I'll bring it too work tomorrow and give it whirls.
(sorry, tough on my smart phone)
Here's a Euc, Jaime climbed. He let me come up the rope he set.
A real treat to see some awesome SRT.

Paul, I need to order a Shuttle.

 

[ClimbMIT]

I've got the Onus. I'll bring it too work tomorrow and give it whirls.

Here's a Euc, Jaime climbed. He let me come up the rope he set.
A real treat to see some awesome SRT.

Paul, I need to order a Shuttle.

What's next the Anus?

 

[ClimbMIT]

Sorry It seemed funny at the moment. Make sure you get the pics of the Onus and NOT the Anus

 

[Porkbrick]

i really had fun. ill be curious to see what you think of the onyx.

 

[Porkbrick]

 

[MasterBlaster]

Man, that's a big tree!!! I sure wouldn't want it next to my house.

 

[NickfromWI]

So I got my fancy fully personalized Onyx today. I LOVE it!

I learned one thing- in previous harnesses, I am the lone wolf asking for more colors. Most climbers want blacks and earth tones. So... here's what I got!



I love it.

There are a few upgrades I wanna show you guys. One isn't something I need. It's the carabiner snap on the side.



I personally prefer a carabiner in that slot. But through this thread, New Tribe could see that the jury is divided.

So the snap is removable.



You think it'd work? I'll try it out a bit before putting in my normal non-locking biner there.

The other thing some of y'all may be interested in:



MORE CUSHION!

Again- personally I wasn't bothered by the thinner leg pads. It fits more inline with my desire for sleek design. Casey came up with this idea for a modular cushion that you could add on...



It just velcros in place. I'll let you know how it climbs. I can't see how it'd be a prob.

So this harness wont get to climb until later this week. I am waiting for some orange DMM rigging plates from Luke to finish it up.

Just wanted to brag on my new harness!!

love
nick

 

[arborworks1]

You were able to pick out those colors?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Nice!

 

[Jack]

Good choice in colors, Nick! It all looks good!

 

[pantheraba]

I'm liking it a lot. Thanks for the share.

 

[rskybiz]

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I was wondering are you in some type of birds nest where your standing?

Nick, looks good all around be sure to say how the extra leg pads are working out when you do get to use it.

 

[Porkbrick]

yes, it is a very large nest (room for two of us to stand in). unoccupied luckily. Nick, that looks really nice. i didnt have a problem with the padding on the legs either, but it couldn't hurt. do you think they will be offering it with the dmm plates?

 

[PCTREE]

IMO the legs didnt need padding, the belt really did!!

 

[Bodean]

Awesome colors, Nick.

Haven't used the saddle yet but plan to soon.

Last night I ordered a hitch hiker, basic and some pantins.
Might be dabbling in some.srt. couldn't believe how fast the rope walker was.

Thanks again, Jaime.

 

[MasterBlaster]

That fella needs a TreeHouse tee!

 

[Porkbrick]

i would love one Butch! where do i get one? (derail)

 

[NickfromWI]

...do you think they will be offering it with the dmm plates?

Nope- they have a kit on their website that includes the black (keeping with the onyx theme) SMC plates that are on the traveling Onyx harnesses. The DMM plates are significantly smaller and I think most people would be annoyed by them. Since I use the DMM oval biners primarily, I know it won't be a problem.

Nick, looks good all around be sure to say how the extra leg pads are working out when you do get to use it.

Of course! I have a feeling I'll climb with it for a little bit, then take the pads off and go back to normal...maybe putting them on when I'm doing some tedious cable jobs perhaps.

Good choice in colors, Nick! It all looks good!

I LOVE how it came out. I think it looks awesome!

You were able to pick out those colors?

I wanted to spice up the color for my personal harness. This isn't going to be an option available to everyone. I asked casey about it and I knew that they made a few rope bags and things that are that orange color, so it was easy for him to incorporate that color into the harness.

It's pretty to look at. Just can't wait to climb on it!

What rope should I make the bridge out of? I'm thinking the Yale Imori black and orange....

love
nick

 

[MasterBlaster]

i would love one Butch! where do i get one? (derail)

I'd have to make a batch order. I don't have any in stock, they've all been sold. I'll bump that thread and see if enough people respond...

 

[Bodean]

Hi everybody...

Tried the saddle a few times, wasn't totally stoked.
I may not have had it cinched up enough, but does hang down a bit with saw.
Hanging in it, was comfy enough, at one point I felt the straps kinda went up my rear, wedgie effect.
all that for $500, Just wasn't for me.

I love NT, I wear one daily jumping between the tengu and proclimber.... Love those two.

Rad stuff.


So who gets it next???? My buddy is wearing it this weekend on some oak pruning jobs.
Monday, I'd like to ship it out.

 

[rskybiz]

I must be close now as next up. Hard to mentaly cipher the list if no one pipes up I'll pm my info.