[NAGDU] New harness style

[Shanna Stichler]

Yes, please let me know how the harnesses work out for you.


Shanna Stichler


On 1/19/2017 12:25 PM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU wrote:
> Thanks Buddy, that sounds very interesting.  Please don't forget to let us
> know how it actually works.  If it's good, I'll probably add one to my own
> inventory.
> Tracy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Buddy Brannan via
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> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2017 12:14 PM
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> Cc: Buddy Brannan
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] New harness style
>
> Hi,
>
> Biothan is whatit's made out of. Someone else will have to tell you what it
> is, but I gather it's something like nylon, but coated or something. Horse
> people seem to like it, as it wears better than leather and is easier to
> clean. I understand it may be thicker than your standard nylon webbing. I
> should get the harness in the next few weeks; Nerissa tells me it will ship
> by ebruary 11th.
>
>  From the description, it sounds like the Seeing Eye style harness, i.e. with
> a martingale. The handle is removable. Instead of D-rings and some kind of
> thing like a panic snap or trigger snap or bolt snap, she's trying out
> something that Nerissa believes will offer better feedback and a more rigid
> connection. She describes it:
>
> [...]
>> I found a new technique I'm calling the "pop Strut quick disconnect"
> system. Where the ring on the harness usually is, there is a little ball
> post. Then on the handle, you slide down a tube (like an air compressor
> hose), and it clicks onto the ball and holds securely.
>
> It sounds like it might be a bit like what GDB uses, except the other way
> round, but I'm not sure.
>
> I've also ordered the saddlebags with it. These will fit over the harness,
> and anyone can use them. The nice thing is, they sound like they'll be long
> enough (10 inches long) to hold a collapsed cane. Not an NFB telescoping
> perhaps, but I have this other one that the ACB used to sell that's 59
> inches and collapses in nine sections to a 9 inch length.
>
> I'll let y'all know about it once I get it in.
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: 814-860-3194
> Mobile: 814-431-0962
> Email: buddy at brannan.name
>
>
>
>
>> On Jan 19, 2017, at 11:32 AM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>> Buddy, please tell us more about the biothane? Harness you're testing.
>> What's it made of?  What's it like?  Or have you signed a confidentiality
>> agreement?  Always interested in new gear.
>>
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>>
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