Help Identifying Age of Old Harness!

I recently came into ownership of a black diamond harness that appears to be a bit old. The previous owner said it was new and unused (and it looks it), but I would like to be more certain of the age before using it. I'm hoping someone on here would be able to tell me when this harness was manufactured. There is a tag on it that says it is a Calypso model and I found a few numbers on the tag that I am not quite sure what each means: mo 14763 and BDEL S98. I've tried Googling the model and numbers and am not finding anything. I've also included a picture if that helps. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide! 

If new and stored correctly the age of the harness is irrelevant(though it's likely around 25 years old) . The real question is why would you want to use that? Get a BD momentum on sale and be done with it. 

BDEL is the company (black diamond equipment ltd.) I’d assume S98 means Spring 1998.

But yeah just find a cheap modern harness. 

Soft goods (harness, ropes, slings, dog bones, etc) are recommended to be retired at 10 years or less (depending on use) by manufacturers.

If you have any doubts about the dependability of your climbing gear, it’s best to retire it and buy new gear.

I would retire the harness myself. This is not climbing equipment made in this century. 

Mid 90s, as posted above. I’m more intrigued by the shoes in your photo. They look like they could be Boreal Vectors circa same vintage. Really good shoes of that era, if so. 

Frank Steinwrote:

Mid 90s, as posted above. I’m more intrigued by the shoes in your photo. They look like they could be Boreal Vectors circa same vintage. Really good shoes of that era, if so. 

They are Boreal Vectors! I was curious about the age of these too. I snagged both for free not knowing anything about either, but figured I had nothing to lose.

Pretty sure you can just cut it open and count the rings 

Anna Brownwrote:

Soft goods (harness, ropes, slings, dog bones, etc) are recommended to be retired at 10 years or less (depending on use) by manufacturers.

If you have any doubts about the dependability of your climbing gear, it’s best to retire it and buy new gear.

I would retire the harness myself. This is not climbing equipment made in this century. 

The 10 years thing is just an arbitrary number manufacturers once came up with to appease certain regulating bodies because they had to say something.

A 25 year old harness never used and stored out of the sun is almost certainly going to be less degraded than a 6 month old harness used for average weekend climbing trips.  

I’d still get a better harness though. 

As noted above S98 == mfg in Spring 1998. That type of dating was common during that era. As for using it. I have "seat belt" harnesses of that age that I use for canyoneering. They can take the abuse of slot canyons better than today's harnesses. So I would use it for that.