Collectible Pitons?

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Piner

Mountain climber

del mar, Ca

Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 29, 2013 - 10:55am PT

I purchased some climbing gear on ebay and the seller included these pitons. I'm trying to get a history lesson and see if these are items that are still being collected. The pictures should speak for themselves, please post any known info or links. Thanks!

Some of them look to be hand-forged (but then again what do I know?)

Piner

Mountain climber

del mar, Ca

Topic Author's Reply - Oct 29, 2013 - 11:02am PT

Hahaha......Touche!!!

nutstory

climber

Ajaccio, Corsica, France

Oct 29, 2013 - 11:43am PT

CL SIMOND stands for Claudius SIMOND (Chamonix)

crunch

Social climber

Oct 29, 2013 - 11:53am PT

Hyatt is an old UK company. They made (cheap, poorly made) carabiners, 1970s. Never knew they made pitons.

duncan

climber

London, UK

Oct 29, 2013 - 12:22pm PT

I had a bunch of Hiatt lost arrow type pitons given to me which now reside in various bits of the Avon Gorge. One or two even made it up El Cap. They were a standard design and decent steel to my limited understanding of such things. I also had one of their carabiners, a massively over-engineered steel item suitable for mooring a medium-sized aircraft carrier.

There is a thread here: http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/791422/Hiatt-pitons

Some history of the company who mainly made handcuffs and leg-irons here: http://www.smhc.co.uk/objects_item.asp?item_id=32875

JimT

climber

Munich

Oct 29, 2013 - 03:13pm PT

Hiatt is now part of Monadnock which is in turn part of Safariland who are leaders in the enforcement equipment business. Those guys shuffling around in Guantanamo are reputedly wearing Hiatt restraints.
Hiatt krabs had their issues, mainly sharp edges to the gate which gave a nasty nip and the chrome versions which peeled leaving flakes of metal in your fingers. Strongest karabiners we´ve ever tested though, 49kN for a normal D biner isn´t to be sneered at 50 years down the line. I still use one of the gigantic belay biners on my tester!

Clint Cummins

Trad climber

SF Bay area, CA

Oct 29, 2013 - 03:15pm PT

The LA on the right side of this photo is a Clog.
The pitons on the left side look like CMIs, but I can't see a Cmi logo on them.
Another thread indicates they were also made by Clog.