Compact Bulldog Bone

Steve Connally said:
Got the new refined one today. Sent the demo modded one and my last one back to Gordon for parts. He seems to have grooved out the spine and the inside of the arms for better tending. Don't know if the other arms are shorter or the pivot is different. I mailed them back yesterday. I'm not s big boner like oceans who can tell the difference by just looking at it. Get it. Hahahah. Seriously. I'll be here all week. Thanks. Thanks very much. Tadump(drums)
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John_KAYS said:
Every ten pages, that's like 4 sammiches a day. Especially with all this sammich talk. So Swingdude's tender allows you to easily eat one of those sammiches in mid ascent, eh? I should probably get one.
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Swing's tender should come with a sammich. He'd sell them by the boatload!...which is good since they'll be posted from Barbados. I'll be the US distributor. Some of you will get them without the sammich. LOL!
 
It is very challenging to get a full mechanical to release smoothly on a single line. Gordon has done a great job with the BDB in designing a tool that is smooth when combined with the right rope and a little practice.
 
I'm thinking about buying one of these. I'm having nervous about testing not being done on it yet though. The way the pressure from the rope pulls against the pins had me a little concerned since the pins are only held on one side by the link. Not that it would break on someone after occasional use (barring defect) but, after months or 2 or 3 years of use put on it, could those links and pins be compromised? Also is there any way the rope can accidentally come out?
Anyone out there have similar or different concerns? Forgive me if this has been discussed. It's a very long thread.
 
I cannot imagine the rope coming out of the Bone without asking it to. The links that swing aside to load the unit actually snap shut and lock into place, which means they bear load on both sides...yes, one side has a cut out to allow it to open, which in effect will reduce the strength on that side. With proper use (like ANY climbing system requires), I do not see any flaws with the unit. The only thing that could be improved upon is a design that incorporates slick pins like the beloved Rope Runner. This would mean using something other that chain links to create the moving friction components, but the chain is fine in my mind. Use it properly and you're good to go.
 
I would agree Eric. I would also add that the Rope Runner works very well also and that the biggest reason I bought a few bones was due to the easy on and off design. If you add slick pins in my opinion you are defeating probably the best feature of the bone. If the concerns are that strong I would just suggest buying the RR, its performance is equally amazing.
 
oceans said:
I cannot imagine the rope coming out of the Bone without asking it to. The links that swing aside to load the unit actually snap shut and lock into place, which means they bear load on both sides...yes, one side has a cut out to allow it to open, which in effect will reduce the strength on that side. With proper use (like ANY climbing system requires), I do not see any flaws with the unit. The only thing that could be improved upon is a design that incorporates slick pins like the beloved Rope Runner. This would mean using something other that chain links to create the moving friction components, but the chain is fine in my mind. Use it properly and you're good to go.
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Ahh I didnt realize that the links lock into place. im going to go back to looking at it. Also, When I get through climbing on my rope wrench And I come down there is a small buildup of fibers from my rope stuck around the pin. You or anyone else for that matter notice this on a wrench or on this bulldog bone?
 
I trust the bone but I also inspect it frequently.

I see the rope fibre buildup on the bone.

I think slic pins would work with the chain links and shldn't make much difference in difficulty/speed of rope install.
I'd like to give it a try if I knew where to get them.
 
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