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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Dec 14, 2009 - 08:48pm PT
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24?
kewl, we've grown exponentially!!!
;)
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Dec 14, 2009 - 10:32pm PT
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They'd make perfect stocking stuffers
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Dec 16, 2009 - 01:41am PT
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oh MOMMY, i just got a package
it's like christmas over here
Theron thanks bro!!!!!
I owe ya big this time!
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T Moses
Big Wall climber
Paso Robles
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Dec 16, 2009 - 12:42pm PT
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You're welcome and Merry Christmas!
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Dec 25, 2009 - 12:54pm PT
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HA! just got a left and right for Christmas! Sweet! Now I need a straight and two of each size (do you have sizes yet?)
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jack herer
climber
veneta, or
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hey figured i'd post up about these after getting to finally test em out. i had the chance to use them on a super steep FA on some tuff. of the 27 beak placments on the first pitch proabably 7 or so where the tomahawks god damn i wich i had more. these things are bitchen kinda between a #1 and #2 beak. they have superb holding power, and the clean easier. the left and right are killer, i think they also might help if the seam angles as well? anyways these are killer 2 thumbs up, i need 20 more.
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scrappy
Social climber
California
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WOW! Nice job Bryan! Are you gonna be in the valley this spring? If soo bring some of that TOMAHAWK of yours so I can buy a few. It looks very cool and solid and I like the Tomahawks eye that you can just girth hitch it then walla! Awesome! I want one...
WW
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Acer
Big Wall climber
AZ
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I want to get my hands on some. I need to go climbing instead of skiing.
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Greg Barnes
climber
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Looks like Tomahawks are on sale at Mammoth Mountaineering Supply - 20% off (along with lots of other climbing gear at least in the big wall section, I didn't look through the rest):
http://mammothgear.com/shop/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=343&cat=Big+Wall+and+Aid+Climbing
And in case people missed Theron's post upthread:
Tomahawks are available at:
Mountain Tools
Mountain Gear
Yosemite Mounatin Shop
Mammoth Mountaineering
Nomads in Escondido
Gearheads in Moab
Some others to follow soon. Filling orders until I run out of 'em. Then I'll have to get to work on another batch.
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scrappy
Social climber
California
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Thanks Greg! I know I miss something.
WW
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T Moses
Big Wall climber
Paso Robles
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Thanks for the awesome feedback!
#2's and #3's are in the works. I've had a couple lukewarm responses turn into believers in the Tomahawk. Cool to see them getting some time on the stone. http://mosesclimbing.com/in-the-works/ for some tease pics.
Retailers: http://mosesclimbing.com/retailers/ Fairly current list. I need to add Steep World in Montana and Joe Brown's in the U.K. when I finish some wide cam hooks for the order. The dudes (or should that be blokes?) at Joe Brown's came over and did the shield clean with some new Thawks and raved about how well they work.
I'd love to see some sick placement pics if you got 'em.
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
شقوق واس
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Feb 11, 2010 - 03:50pm PT
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WooHoo!
Tomahawks! Get some!
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 11, 2010 - 04:30pm PT
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Got out yesterday (finally) to do a little testing on the #2 Tomahawks in some Kali granodiorite of sorts, and so far I am really happy with the way they work! Wish I had some of these on my rack back in the 90’s… I think they are going to be bomber, AND they clean quite easily, even when buried. Looking forward to getting the #2s in the mountain shops and onto your rack!
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Chief
climber
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Feb 11, 2010 - 05:01pm PT
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Hey, I resemble that remark!
Seriously, very cool device, way to go.
PB (aka Chief, Tomahawk, Herr Wagenburn)
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hoipolloi
climber
A friends backyard with the neighbors wifi
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Feb 11, 2010 - 05:12pm PT
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I was just saying last night as I sorted some gear that I can not wait for the #2 size. You know the #1s will be on the rack this weekend.
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jack herer
climber
veneta, or
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Feb 11, 2010 - 05:14pm PT
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God damnit... another thing I have to buy!
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andy@climbingmoab
Big Wall climber
Denver, CO
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Feb 16, 2010 - 06:05pm PT
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I don't have any Tomahawks yet(will order soon), but I use a lot of the old Pika gear in the desert on clean/semi-clean ascents.
I like the big curved toucans for clean placements, and i think the additional surface area in contact with the rock keeps them from blowing things out as badly as camhooks do. I've used them in dozens of clean placements, and i've never scarred anything anywhere nearly as bad as i would have with a big blade or small arrow.
I liked the old Pika Ibis hooks. Weird looking things and definitely a specialty piece, but sometimes really useful. I used to hammer them into big muddy pods.
I'd also like a mudbeak if you started selling them. They look really useful.
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 22, 2010 - 01:28pm PT
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Hey Mike., sorry I missed your question earlier. A 3/16” quick-link will fit through the top hole in the Tomahawk but I would probably use tie-off webbing instead.
Thanks for the positive feedback and glad that you FINALLY got to place those extra-hard, pre-production Tomahawks. Did you get a #2 from Santa to tinker with?
Andy, the Mud Beaks were used in 3/8” drilled holes on a FA; their use was very limited. If I were to do it over again, I would just place bolts instead of leaving bat-hook holes, for the longevity of the placements. The Mud Beaks were fun to place, though, and were relatively bomber. What did you have in mind, as far as their use?
Here are a couple of photos of testing the #2 prototypes, from a week or so ago. Photos by Kait.
Straight version
Left version
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Last clip of Lichen Lunch
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Feb 22, 2010 - 01:30pm PT
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You think they'll be in production soon?
Yeehaw!
Big 'Hawks!
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