Backplate Identity

[Tiro_Afila]

Can anyone identify this backplate. The harness is new, and the backplate is not, so the S on the harness buckle may not mean anything. Im not sure if its possible to identify from a picture, but I thought I would try. Thanks for your help

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290159363044&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=019

 

[Rainer]

looks like an H

hard to tell from the pic, though.

 

[GreenDiverDown]

looks like an H

hard to tell from the pic, though.

I think so, too.

Looks like this H plate...
http://ashdesigns.us/stephen/Diving/Backplates/Halcyon/Halcyon SS.jpg

..except some minor variation in the holes... and that's not surprising.

Plus, it looks like he sold his Halcyon wing last month.

 

[Tiro_Afila]

Ya, I am thinking H as well. Are they the only ones with the bends on the bottum corners, or is that common?

 

[gert7to3]

I think the bottom corners are the key and that's an H characteristic. Looks like a couple of extra holes were drilled by the previous owner.

 

[cool_hardware52]

I think the bottom corners are the key and that's an H characteristic. Looks like a couple of extra holes were drilled by the previous owner.

Tipped up lower corners are not unique to Halcyon.

Tobin

 

[Scubakevdm]

My question is, why does it matter who made it? Are you willing to pay more for a plate manufactured by one company than another? I mean, it's pretty much a bent piece of metal.

 

[GreenDiverDown]

My question is, why does it matter who made it? Are you willing to pay more for a plate manufactured by one company than another? I mean, it's pretty much a bent piece of metal.

It sold for $112 including the webbing and hardware... that's not bad.

My question is... It already sold... so why the interest?

 

[MSilvia]

why does it matter who made it?

Good question Kev. If it's made of the metal it claims to be, and it's shaped like a backplate, WGAS who made it? Unless it has noteworthy features like those Tobin makes, a plate is a plate.

 

[Tiro_Afila]

Cause I bought it. I talked to a few people before I bought it, and they told me that most backplates where fairly close to the same, and would work with most wings. After I won it, I found out from Tobin that this is not the case, so now I am trying to find out what make it is. DSS (tobin) tells me his wings may not work. Oxycheq Tells me they most likely will, and I already know it was used with a Halcyon wing before. I am basically just trying to find out what kind of wing to be looking for. If I can get a wing off ebay that fits, great. If not, then I guess I will be throwing the plate in a corner of my shop, and starting again.