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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 21, 2012 - 04:23pm PT
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Thanks for the background on the hammers.
My 1970 version was more rounded and eased in finish which is what prompted my inquiry. The evolution of the head shape as the dies were regularly updated is my real interest beyond show and tell.
Got any Porter stories, pitons or other goodies from climbing with Charlie?
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=231728&tn=0
Which walls did you guys do together that early?
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lostinshanghai
Social climber
someplace
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Mar 21, 2012 - 04:26pm PT
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As for the bottom blue. The top with the purple can recall a couple years later and put it away for if lost or needed a second. Cool light used so colour of slings off a tad but top is purple.
My modification on the handle, kept the blue added sling.
Could have been used for cleaning or getting into hard to get where nuts needed to come out?
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Mar 21, 2012 - 04:31pm PT
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Seems like I recall the long pick version with no teeth above was from around 1975
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 21, 2012 - 04:38pm PT
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Interesting sidelight on webbing color is that army green and white were about it with respect to available colors until Wayne Merry started the Yosemite Mountain Shop and realized the value of a better selection.
I missed interviewing him at the Nose event to find out what the original colors were.
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lostinshanghai
Social climber
someplace
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Mar 21, 2012 - 05:04pm PT
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No, can't recall but at the end of the handle, probably hitting the hammer on the blue web a few times or?, started to fray so cut it there redid the modifications with a locking bolt then said what the hell got rid of the blue over the shoulder sling and added black and white sling. Do not know if I got it at the mountain shop or Wall-Mart. Now that I think they did not have Wall-Mart then so could have been at the shop.
Edit: now that I look at the sling looks like I got it or redid the modifications when Chouinard was changing to Black Diamond?
Anyone?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 21, 2012 - 05:33pm PT
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No way around that...
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H
Mountain climber
there and back again
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Mar 21, 2012 - 07:40pm PT
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I don't mean to tease you guys. Thats all I had at the moment. I am dinosaur when it comes to this technology. I'll get some better shots soon. There is one on the wall I have not seen posted yet. Give me a couple days.
Great topic Steve.
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Banquo
climber
Amerricka
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Mar 22, 2012 - 09:23pm PT
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I've got this 5 lb hammer, I'm looking for a handle and then I'm looking for somebody tough enough to use it.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Mar 22, 2012 - 10:18pm PT
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Well I gotta hammer, . . .
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Jonnnyyyzzz
Trad climber
San Diego,CA
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Mar 22, 2012 - 11:30pm PT
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So my hammer is early 70's and sweet?
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Mar 25, 2012 - 05:57pm PT
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I was thinking how strange it is that so many here (including me) enjoy an old equipment thread like this. But it’s not the result of gear fetish for its own sake, I think. It’s that all of us have memories of long ago adventures that are triggered by this old stuff, which gives it a value well beyond its worth as a collectible.
Werner’s mention of the “pinnacle of hammerdom” had me laughing out loud. I hadn’t heard this phrase (probably coined by Largo) since the 70’s, but it was a common expression back then.
“Ho man, we have achieved the pinnacle of hammerdom!”
Thanks for that, Werner.
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Thorgon
Big Wall climber
Sedro Woolley, WA
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Mar 25, 2012 - 11:20pm PT
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The Thread about hammers!!!
Late 70's model!! Maybe early 80's? I noticed the forging is not the same as the earlier models. Should I peel the tape off Steve?? It's been taped since day one, so it should be pristine under 30 years of tape? But I can assure you it's a Chouinard!!!
Hammers rule!!!
Thor
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moacman
Trad climber
Montana
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Mar 26, 2012 - 06:30pm PT
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Come on people..show more of those cool tools....bump....
Stevo
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Banquo
climber
Amerricka
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Mar 29, 2012 - 11:27am PT
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Hammers rule!!!
Thor
inside every tool is a hammer
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 29, 2012 - 02:23pm PT
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I'd say leave the tape in place Thorgon!
No doubt as to the maker.
More mallets this weekend...
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Mar 29, 2012 - 03:22pm PT
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Steelmnky/Shanghai, I got my long pick w/no teeth and purple sling, I'm pretty sure no later than 75. I bought it for exactly the purpose of getting out difficult nuts (my partner used to hammer in his nuts and stand on his hexes, if you hammered pins, why not nuts?:-)
I even used it as an ice climbing hammer in conjunction with a Chouinard bamboo handled axe, didn't work too well.
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Mar 29, 2012 - 03:56pm PT
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Your crag hammer style was introduced, I think, in 1972 and in 1975, a notch was added on the underside of the striking surface (maybe to sit in a holster better?).
So, it'd probably be in that age range, 1972 to 1974 or thereabouts.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 29, 2012 - 09:15pm PT
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The notch was introduced to reduce weight and produce a lighter hammer once nailing duty became secondary.
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Rocman
Trad climber
Reno,NV
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Mar 30, 2012 - 11:00am PT
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got one 72 purple sling,after 40yrs still have it,but its handle is dipped in plasty,I always like screw thru handle,sling attachment
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