From the Sublime website:
Developed by climbers Tom Randall and Ransom Allison, these brushes are crafted especially for climbing. One version sports nylon bristles, while the other has natural boar’s hair. Both are four times larger than a toothbrush and heavy duty—guaranteed not to break or have the bristles fall out. Made in Oregon.
"Sublime Climbing creates tools that help people get more from their climbing adventures."
From the Sublime website, Tom Randall: The history of climbing is littered with plenty of climbers who have enjoyed pushing themselves on the rock, but maybe not so many who have enjoyed trying to run a business or both at the same time. I suppose it’s the hugely time consuming nature of climbing that ends up being a limiting factor and also that many people did not start climbing as a way of making money. I think the cool thing in our industry is that most of the companies are still run (and often owned) by real climbers - the people that truly understand why someone wants to hand over their hard earned cash for a sport which we can mostly practice for free.
My own foray into climbing related business started by joining forces with a few other climbers and creating an indoor climbing gym. In 2012, we opened The Climbing Station and whilst it was extremely scary at the time, it’s been hugely rewarding. Almost as good as climbing sometimes! That positive experience then opened my eyes up to further opportunities and by a chance encounter I met a very psyched American climber in 2014. His name was Ransom Allison and he was so incredibly motivated to try and develop some climbing product ideas that I was immediately hooked. I knew from my background in coaching that if someone has that much enthusiasm, they’re going to go a long way! With the combination of Ransom’s design and technology experience and my long term industry involvement we formed a small start up business called Sublime Climbing.
Last year we started Sublime Climbing to develop great climbing products. Products we all want and need, but no one makes. Over the last year, we’ve sat down, skyped, talked, emailed and bashed around various ideas. Whilst we have around eight or nine of different products that we are continuing to develop, we honed in on the simple idea of a “brush that doesn't break or wear down, and works perfectly” as our initial project we wanted to create. Our brush is something that every climber out there uses (or should use) and one that everyone would see as a reflection of our passion to do things incredibly well and in line with the morals of the climbing community.
Developed by climbers Tom Randall and Ransom Allison, these brushes are crafted especially for climbing. One version sports nylon bristles, while the other has natural boar’s hair. Both are four times larger than a toothbrush and heavy duty—guaranteed not to break or have the bristles fall out. Made in Oregon.
"Sublime Climbing creates tools that help people get more from their climbing adventures."
From the Sublime website, Tom Randall: The history of climbing is littered with plenty of climbers who have enjoyed pushing themselves on the rock, but maybe not so many who have enjoyed trying to run a business or both at the same time. I suppose it’s the hugely time consuming nature of climbing that ends up being a limiting factor and also that many people did not start climbing as a way of making money. I think the cool thing in our industry is that most of the companies are still run (and often owned) by real climbers - the people that truly understand why someone wants to hand over their hard earned cash for a sport which we can mostly practice for free.
My own foray into climbing related business started by joining forces with a few other climbers and creating an indoor climbing gym. In 2012, we opened The Climbing Station and whilst it was extremely scary at the time, it’s been hugely rewarding. Almost as good as climbing sometimes! That positive experience then opened my eyes up to further opportunities and by a chance encounter I met a very psyched American climber in 2014. His name was Ransom Allison and he was so incredibly motivated to try and develop some climbing product ideas that I was immediately hooked. I knew from my background in coaching that if someone has that much enthusiasm, they’re going to go a long way! With the combination of Ransom’s design and technology experience and my long term industry involvement we formed a small start up business called Sublime Climbing.
Last year we started Sublime Climbing to develop great climbing products. Products we all want and need, but no one makes. Over the last year, we’ve sat down, skyped, talked, emailed and bashed around various ideas. Whilst we have around eight or nine of different products that we are continuing to develop, we honed in on the simple idea of a “brush that doesn't break or wear down, and works perfectly” as our initial project we wanted to create. Our brush is something that every climber out there uses (or should use) and one that everyone would see as a reflection of our passion to do things incredibly well and in line with the morals of the climbing community.
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Sublime began in 2014, but the brushes started through a Kickstarter campaign June 2015.
Classic Nylon Climbing Brush Unique neck design is tougher than your latest project and won't bend or snap.
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Climb On: This product was made specifically to be used with Sublime Climbing Brush. Using the same fantastic ingredients as our original climbOn Lotion Bar, but sized to fit snugly inside Sublime Climbing Brush and take where ever you need it to go.
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Premium boar’s hair climbing brush
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Vegan friendly slimline climbing brush
Fit for your adventures, Sublime Slimline brushes are the perfect climbing companion. With over 4,000 vegan friendly synthetic bristles, a light-weight yet durable handle, and angled brush head, you can get a grip on the hardest holds to keep you pushing. 4 colors: Red, Navy Blue, Grey, Black 
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Slimline climbing brush boar's hair:
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At the 2017 Outdoor Retailer show I met Ransom Allison and he showed me a few new ideas Sublime was doing with their brushes. This is a prototype Sublime Brush where the brush heads were removable and could be switched between nylon or boars hair brush heads. Cool idea. I guess this brush has yet to be introduced to the public.
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Ransom and Marty
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