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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Roots: your purple nuts are CAMP Pentanuts. They hit the market in 1985. Yours are a “second” generation. First generation doesn’t have lightening holes.
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Trad climber
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I recently got this gear sling with a lot of vintage gear I purchased. It looks homemade but the sewing looks professional. No identifying marks on it. Looks like a very early example of a multi-loop gear sling. I believe each "loop" was used for racking pitons. Anyone seen anything like this before?
Looks like something Forrest would create.
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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The SMC nut is a Quick-Taper Wedge.
The ABC Stone, (also called Gem or Gemstone) was made by Faces. Faces Designs on Mountains (Matlock) was the third British company (with Wild Country and HB Climbing Equipment) to produce cams in the nineties. Faces was jointly owned by Jim Ballard and his wife Alison Hargreaves, Ian Parsons and Ian Brown. Alison was a famous mountaineer. Her death on K2 and the Single European Market rules are probably the two main reasons why Faces went out of business.
At that time, they produced nuts and cams, as Gems, Pearls, Jewels, Tech Cads, Three Cam Cads, Four Cam Cads and Slugs…
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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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Thank you!!
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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FortMentäl: I suspect that it might be CAMP as they marketed a rather similar cam in 1989, the Passe Par-Tout, also made in Korea.
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Sep 11, 2014 - 11:54pm PT
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The ABC Stone, (also called Gem or Gemstone) was made by Faces. Faces Designs on Mountains (Matlock) was the third British company (with Wild Country and HB Climbing Equipment) to produce cams in the nineties. Faces was jointly owned by Jim Ballard and his wife Alison Hargreaves, Ian Parsons and Ian Brown. Alison was a famous mountaineer. Her death on K2 and the Single European Market rules are probably the two main reasons why Faces went out of business.
At that time, they produced nuts and cams, as Gems, Pearls, Jewels, Tech Cads, Three Cam Cads, Four Cam Cads and Slugs… Shortly after posting on here some details about the British company Faces Designs On Mountains I was contacted by Ian Parsons who pointed out that the actual order of events rather contradicted the idea that Alison Hargreaves' death had in any way contributed to the the company's demise; its climbing hardware production had largely ceased by the end of 1992, and Faces itself disbanded in early 1993, more than two years before Alison went to K2. He also suggested that they couldn't really blame the looming requirements - but also the opportunities - of the Single European Market; other climbing companies, notably DMM and Wild Country, took these in their stride and prospered.
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Trad climber
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Sep 12, 2014 - 07:34am PT
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Sling is cool looking whomever made it …..thats for sure.
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ClimbingOn
Trad climber
NY
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Sep 12, 2014 - 08:58am PT
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Cosmic, replied to your PM. If it was yours back in the day, or you made it, I'd be happy to mail it to you.
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ClimbingOn
Trad climber
NY
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Sep 12, 2014 - 09:30am PT
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No DW initials stamped on any of it. So spill the beans - who made it?
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Gunkie
Trad climber
East Coast US
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Sep 12, 2014 - 11:21am PT
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Cosmic, racked up for Pine Line?
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Sep 12, 2014 - 12:28pm PT
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Lol.. #3's and a 4 on pine line? Lol
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wgd
Mountain climber
vancouver
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Oct 24, 2014 - 04:56pm PT
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Wondering if someone can help me identify who manufactured these piton holders ... picture is from 1966/67 Ski Hut Catalog
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OlympicMtnBoy
climber
Seattle
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Oct 24, 2014 - 08:55pm PT
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And what was the purpose of that hook on the right? I have one of those, never found a use for it, even for bat hooking.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Oct 24, 2014 - 10:12pm PT
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WGD... the piton holder pictures was called a Bandolier and was manufactured by Bill Forrest of Forrest Mountaineering.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Oct 24, 2014 - 10:44pm PT
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Simon,
I believe the Piton Holder above predates the Forrest products,
PinBin and a Bandolier which held PinBins:
I believe this Piton Holder has been discussed on supertopo,
but I'm not sure if I can find that discussion.
The hook shown is apparently an early model Chouinard Cliffhanger.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Oct 25, 2014 - 01:52pm PT
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Agreed...LOL
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Oct 25, 2014 - 02:38pm PT
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Thanks, Stephane - it's great that we have a true expert like yourself to provide the answer when the rest of us come up short!
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OlympicMtnBoy
climber
Seattle
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Oct 25, 2014 - 07:04pm PT
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Cool, I didn't realize the cliffhanger had undergone such a radical change to the current version. And there isn't any labeling on mine. Thanks!
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