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Paul, Yes, tool steel is a b***h to machine... Still better than titanium.

That, too... unless you made an aircraft grade aluminum thicker sideplate model with a lager radius... but then we'd think it was a Rock Exotika ;)

Gotta watch my to's and fro's... I guess I was thinking over time the wear on the carabiner would be less. Not a big issue with the steel biner. If someone was to use an aluminum biner, that piece would become the wear point, keeping the integrity of the carabiner intact...

HitchHiker pretty much exclusively now. I keep the RW handy for others to use when rec climbing. Dave, Your additional piece appears to offload most if not all of the wear from the carabiner?