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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Oct 25, 2014 - 08:05pm PT
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The interesting historical connection between these piton keepers and the Forrest Pinbin bandolier concept is made clear in a prototype Pinbin that I got from Bob Culp that featured the classic Pinbin trapezoidal shape rendered in metal tubing pinched and formed just like the earlier designs.
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wgd
Mountain climber
vancouver
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Oct 27, 2014 - 09:42am PT
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thanks everyone .. appreciate the replys
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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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Fun stuff!...more homemade gear anyone?
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Montecarlo
Trad climber
Stockholm, Sweden
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May 26, 2015 - 06:21am PT
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wgd and clint cummins, the piton holder was, I think, manufactured by Stubai in Austria. The fi-fi hook looks like the model Salewa made, but maybe others have produced similar models.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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May 26, 2015 - 07:32am PT
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Sticht link, Roots?
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Stewart
Trad climber
Courtenay, B.C.
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May 27, 2015 - 04:26pm PT
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The oval piton holder was also advertised in the Blacks of Greenock catalogue in the late '60s(?) or early '70s.
Might have been manufactured by Stubai.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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May 27, 2015 - 04:46pm PT
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I am pretty sure the middle "hook" is fifi hook for french free.
Edit:
I saw two French climbers trying to climb the first pitch of Serenity Crack when it was running with water. The leader would place some pro, try to make a few moves, and then hang by a hook just like that one on the pro to rest or place more pro.
There was so much water that when he tried to place a jam water would actually run down his arm and start dripping off of his elbows. It was sort of funny and sad all at the same time, but I had to give him credit for perseverance
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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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^ The French are kick ass climbers.
Here's another link but this one is made of aluminum:
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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The aluminum single chain links colored red and non colored were made by MSR as a belay and rappel device shown in the 1970s MSR catalog. The MSR chain link may date back to 1969. The Arizona Mountaineering Club sold stainless steel chain links back in the late 1960s to use for the same purpose. The hook looks like a First Generation Chouinard Cliff Hanger so advertisement probably mid 1960s.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Would love to get my hands on some of those old Forrest P-Nuts. They were springy but I liked 'em
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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The Piton carrier is a Salewa Clip
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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Arizona Mountaineering Club belay and rap link. c1969-1970s
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Gunks Jesse
Trad climber
Shawangunk, NY
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Jun 29, 2015 - 08:19am PT
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For those of you who are Colorado Nut gear lovers, a #3 and a #4 I-beam chock fromy collection are going up on eBay. They are both in great shape. The #3 is up and the #4 will follow shortly. Here is a link to my current items for sale from my collection:
http://m.ebay.com/sch/flashoflight2/m.html?_pgn=1&isRefine=true
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Jul 22, 2015 - 12:32am PT
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My turn to ask some help from you my friends… There is a set of camming devices on eBay at the moment and… I have no idea about the maker. Steve, the “Maestro” must sometimes confess his ignorance… and lose your confidence…
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 22, 2015 - 08:34am PT
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You will never lose my confidence, Maestro.
Until the Nutstory is complete we are all fishing around for the details. I don't recognize the cams but the stems obviously took some care so I would start trying to study that detail. The slotted axle screws are pretty distinctive too and an odd choice. Did you contact the seller for details?
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Jul 22, 2015 - 09:38am PT
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Steve, here is what was mentioned in the auction: A set of seven rock climbing camming devices. These are of unknown age and provenance and should be used appropriately. That being said, they seem structurally sound, and the springs all work fine. They all seem to have been used rather gently, and the only visible sign of use are minor surface scratches. Some of these have plastic and other metal triggers, and all are in need of professional reslinging. Their width when fully opened is around 10, 8, 7, 5.5, 3.5, 3 and 2.5 cm. Free shipping and UK ONLY!
These cams have been sold this morning.
Until the Nutstory is complete we are all fishing around for the details. Fortunately Steve, it is a never ending quest...
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Jul 22, 2015 - 10:01am PT
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Some of these have plastic and other metal triggers,
that makes me think that they may be of Korean origin, some time in the early 90's ? i have a
off-size #1 that has a red plastic trigger(bar) that broke in the slot, snapped in half while my second tried to remove it.
So cheap a knock off, the trigger, but the rest seemed bomber.
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Jul 22, 2015 - 11:07am PT
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Maybe Russian? Wonder if the cam lobes are ti?
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