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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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Dec 10, 2010 - 09:09am PT
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Brian - Not Quickies but a set of Climb Tech - Tech Nuts
You do show two DBest Quickies (yellow / Black) in your first photo captioned "Ball Nuts"
That Stubai ice pick is really cool, and dangerous looking.
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Lee Bow
Trad climber
wet island
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Dec 10, 2010 - 11:54am PT
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Does anybody remember the Lowe Hummingbird?
I STILL use mine!
I have wool knickers too...
Really!
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Dec 10, 2010 - 12:09pm PT
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Which version?
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Lee Bow
Trad climber
wet island
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Dec 10, 2010 - 12:31pm PT
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Yeah Brian!
Mine's that one on the bottom. LOVE that tool...
But watch your knuckes!
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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Dec 10, 2010 - 12:41pm PT
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Brian - After you visited me in the hospital in SLC, I was able to find these gems.
1966 Original Yosemite Hammer with silver print and flat head screw.
1967 Original Alpine Hammer with silver print and flat head screw.
In 1968 both hammers were changed to red print and phillips screw. The Alpine hammer head was completely changed so this square point 1967 Alpine was only around for one year. On the "My Hammer" thread is Peter Haans 4 hammer photo where he shows a 1968 hammer with red print that still has flat head screw. They probably were using up all of the old screw stock and maybe this is why Peters hammer has the flat head screw.
Rock on! Marty
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Dec 10, 2010 - 12:50pm PT
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Wow, nice!
Do you think the head changed on the Yosemite hammer?
You're killin' me with that Alpine hammer. Likely to never see another come around. And, in great shape, too!
Ok, yeah, I covet. I'm a bad person. Ha ha.
Cheers!
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Dec 10, 2010 - 12:54pm PT
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Good ol' Hummingbirds. Great until the pick snapped.
They were kinda the rage for a while in Bozeman in the early 80's. Slayers of steep, cold and very brittle ice. Folks climbed with a short one in each hand. Easily enough, that, it seemed like cheatin', that is, until the pick busted. Then, fairly amusing to see the person try to get a screw in. Lucky if they had a snarg. Not so lucky if they had an old Salewa or Chouinard.
Chouinard played around with a half tube thing for their ice tools. Can't recall the vintage (X tool, or, newer X-15). If I can remember I'll pop up a photo of one.
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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Dec 10, 2010 - 12:55pm PT
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Believe it or not that 1967 Alpine hammer was from Ebay and I got it for under $100.00. Nobody was looking that week!
Besides it looking old, it has never been used.
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Dec 10, 2010 - 01:13pm PT
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Yeah, I saw it, but, didn't want to put the hurt on ya. You're willing to go oh so much higher than I. Knowing that, I didn't want to bump you up.
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Lee Bow
Trad climber
wet island
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Dec 10, 2010 - 01:21pm PT
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Oh man, you folks really aren't going to believe THIS
I have an ADZE vesion of the alpine hammer. It was given to me by a much older climber on the condition that I actually use it. Combined with the Humming bird they are a hoot.
Wish I could post a pic, but that's WAY out of my league
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Dec 10, 2010 - 01:30pm PT
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Hammer handle with no spike?
Does it say "Chouinard-Frost"? If so, its a Climaxe. How many rivets hold the handle to the shaft?
What you want for it? Ha ha.
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Danholio
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Dec 10, 2010 - 01:35pm PT
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rwedgee - can you still buy those camp monos? or... can i buy those camp monos off you? always wanted a tricam on a wire. that's the closest thing i've seen.
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Lee Bow
Trad climber
wet island
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Dec 10, 2010 - 01:49pm PT
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Brian.
I'll have to check those things out when I get home. I'd love to know what the thing really is, but I'm pretty sure it's a Yvon C.
I don't have a computer at home so I'll reply Monday morn.
Can't relly see parting with the thing...unless you happen to feel like swapping for an x-box 360. Tee Hee
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Dec 10, 2010 - 08:37pm PT
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Great stuff guys! Thanks!
I'm digging thru my old gear, looking for something weird. I am really sorry I threw away my Forrest Blue Plastic Stopper. They were plastic over a "copperhead."
I never trusted it after I placed it with one side on a Feldspar crystal. I was standing, with my full weight on it, while I fished around for a good jam.
The blue plastic stopper popped, and I missed landing back-first on a ledge 10 ft. below by about 2". It worked out, that with rope stretch and rebound effect: I was bounced back onto the ledge in a sitting position.
When I looked at the blue-plastic nut later: it had a furrow, where the crystal had ripped through the too-soft plastic
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groundup
Trad climber
hard sayin' not knowin'
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Dec 10, 2010 - 09:39pm PT
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Nice Fritz!
I climb with a guy who has about a 40 year old rack and he LOVES that Forrest plastic nut. He places it everywhere and it can be a bear to remove if he sets it with his old CMI crag hammer.
I asked him what size it was and he told me he wasn't sure... it was at least a quarter inch thicker when he bought it!
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groundup
Trad climber
hard sayin' not knowin'
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Dec 10, 2010 - 10:02pm PT
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stop gap measure bump.
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lars johansen
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Dec 10, 2010 - 10:56pm PT
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Chicken Skinner-
Steve Bosque built a prototype [out of plywood] called the Sky Stair. It was designed to clip to a bolt and allow one to stand above their top steps. This led to an aluminum prototype that was even more unstable. Ask Steve.
Best
lars
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Dec 11, 2010 - 12:04am PT
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Really old piton.
I found this one at an old silver mine, elevation 9,500 feet, in Central Idaho.
Some kind of a rock anchor?
Looks like a blacksmith "hand-forged" it. I think it dates 1880-1890.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 11, 2010 - 12:48am PT
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Hand forged eyebolt probably bent to bite in a hand drilled hole!
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Salamanizer
Trad climber
The land of Fruits & Nuts!
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Dec 11, 2010 - 02:15am PT
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Fritz, I have similar Piotns which have never been placed.
These ones in particular were fairly common and date to around the 30's or 40's. I'm sure the design was around long before that though.
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