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Greg Barnes
climber
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 19, 2009 - 11:56pm PT
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Anyone heard of these before? Pulled this one out of the start of Geekin' Hard, West Cottage Dome, this fall (with my fingers). Says "HIATT" then "PN8" below (it's possible that it's PN6):
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Feb 20, 2009 - 12:08am PT
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Those were a British pin, available back in the 70's. Don't remember the personalities behind them, but they made a pretty full range of pitons.
-Jello
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Greg Barnes
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 20, 2009 - 12:15am PT
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Thanks Jello!
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JimT
climber
Munich
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Feb 20, 2009 - 03:51am PT
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Gear from the past!
Hiatt were THE company when I started climbing, my first karabiners were from them in 1968. They specialised in hardened steel products and made some gigantic tie-in/belay karabiners from 1/2" stock as well as normal ones and pitons.
I put a standard D karabiner on the tester a while ago and it failed at 58kN, some aspects of climbing gear certainly havenīt improved over the years!
When the U.K. went metric the belay krabs were rated at 5000kg and this was certainly on the low side!
We donīt mention the weight but then we only carried one!
Check out http://cgi.ebay.com/3-HIATT-ENGLAND-STAINLESS-CARABINERS,-HEAVY-DUTY_W0QQitemZ110353051754QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090218?IM
for 3 of these on e-bay, Iīm so tempted!
These are really the chrome ones which after a few years of sea-cliff climbing started flaking.
The pitons are much rarer than the karabiners and must be a collectors item by now if anyone actually collects such things.
The company is a world leader in handcuffs and supplies Guantanamo bay amongst others!
Jim
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Roots
Mountain climber
SoCal
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So happy to find info here : D
Looks like they we sold in the 60's as well as the 70's.
I have some spare Hiatt Lost Arrow style pitons that were never used. Anyone have Hiatt carabiners or angles to trade?
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Roots
Mountain climber
SoCal
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Let me know if anyone desires these...mine are from the 60's and are unused. Thank you.
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crunch
Social climber
CO
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I bought a couple aluminum Hiatt carabiners, circa 1978. Price was cheap plus they were anodized or painted. They looked cool.
First time I used them one had the gate stuck open; returned it to the store. The other was not much better.
Clog, and other manufacturers would do something (tumble?) to the finished products so that the sharp, machined edges were worn down just a bit--not Hiatt, they left sharp edges all over.
They went the way of my handful of hollow Chouinard biners, happily left as retreat anchors, long ago.
Clog biners seemed far superior. Hiatt aluminum biners never seemed very popular.
Glad to hear they still survive, sounds like they fared better with their steel products.
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