Old Nomic..new Nomic?

[Dane]

I finally got a chance to write up a more detailed comparison and what will work and what won't from the new tool to old tool.

 

Comments here:

 

http://coldthistle.blogspot.com/2010/11/old-nomic-and-new-nomic.html

[DanielHarro]

Thanks for the write up, I like your new Nomics! I am supprized how much the tool swing changes when you add the Petzl hammer on, I can see why the light you can make the hammer and the closer the weight is to the head can really make a difference. I am looking forward to your new CT hammer!

[Dane]

;-)

 

Daniel check the last picture in the blog again.

 

Happy Thanksiving!!

[Julian]

Thanks Dane, great informative stuff as usual. This is probably a dumb question but it's just some random useless piece of information I've wondered about: why does Petzl put the hole in the handle of the Nomic (not the small one for the umbilical, the large one in the grip itself)? Is this just a design artifact or is it there for a reason? Surely they aren't intending for it to be used as an umbilical attachment point.

[Dane]

Surely they aren't intending for it to be used as an umbilical attachment point.

 

I think that is exactly what they originally intended and still intend it for now. Everyone used it if you needed an umbilical attachment point but I don't think anyone really liked it. One of the very few things they got wrong on the first Nomic I think.

 

Take a look at page 2 here for their thought process:

 

http://www.petzl.com/files/all/technical-notice/Sport/U21_2_NOMIC_U215000C.pdf

[Julian]

Okay I guess I can see the point they were going for (full-strength attachment point = can rest/fall on it), but it just seems so strange to have the umbilical coming out of the same place your hand will be.

[Dane]

If I was rich and didn't mind destroying a Nomic handle I'd pull test the new attachment point under the pommel. I'd suspect it is close to 1000# if not more and stronger than any commercial umbilical.