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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Oct 25, 2007 - 11:40am PT
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Here's one for Larry, the whole xylophone:
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Oct 25, 2007 - 12:13pm PT
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Awesome lineup Steel,
I came across an old article from the Black Canyon that featured a solid Titon placement at the end of a long line of shizzle on the FA of Wild Bill's Wall (5.9 A5). I'll post it up.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Oct 28, 2007 - 02:45am PT
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Uhhh, I think you got yerself a Non-Piton there fella.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Oct 28, 2007 - 02:47am PT
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Damn. All this time I thought it was a piton...
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Nov 13, 2007 - 06:17pm PT
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What do ya'll make of this old ring angle I have sitting here? I believe it came from the Jim Hansen collection but can't remember now.
Says Fitsch Zurich around the ring hole.
Obviously an old (well used) iron pin of swiss origin. How old? Thoughts? Scrapmetal?
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john hansen
climber
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Nov 13, 2007 - 10:56pm PT
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You should get those things out of that salty air,, they will rust away in no time.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 16, 2009 - 07:02pm PT
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Bump because I just almost can't stand the beauty of those Dolt Cobra hooks - damn!
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squishy
Mountain climber
sacramento
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Apr 16, 2009 - 08:04pm PT
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I wish some of these pictures were still up, it's hard to follow sometimes and I wanna see. I wanna see, cries*
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Apr 19, 2009 - 01:44am PT
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Just a comment. I wrote that Non-Piton ad. The Dolt Company mentioned in the ad was formed after his death at West Ridge. We had purchased Dolt's entire business estate at auction. Everything! His machinery - all his metal stock including hundreds of piton blanks.
Hennek was forging for Chouinard in Ventura at the time and we asked him to forge out all those blanks into the "long dong" shape. We marketed them as the "Non-Piton" for use as a versatile chock cleaning device.
Some were even titanium - very light. Also sorts brittle. I still have one. Dennis saved it and just presented to me a year ago.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 19, 2009 - 02:49am PT
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Damn if you don't have some stories - thanks...
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Apr 19, 2009 - 10:47am PT
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someone should write a book, The History of Climbing Gear.
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couchmaster
climber
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Apr 19, 2009 - 10:55am PT
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Nice call Studly. Between the folks who've posted on this thread they'd have it 90 percent covered - or more.
I've appreciated watching Joesph repeatedly looking around to buy sh#t off ebay or where ever, or trying and hustle something from the old timers here and then just turn around and give it to Stephan for his nut museum (or Ken or Marty as well). Long after we're all gone, that stuff will be in a place still telling a story, instead of tossed out in the trash or a garage sale by someones heirs.
Don, thank you for that contribution!!! Steve Grossman, it's always a pleasure to read your posts as well!
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mastadon
Trad climber
crack addict
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Apr 10, 2012 - 05:00pm PT
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Found this little Dolt beauty recently. The shape of the blade doesn’t resemble anything I’ve ever seen. I'm wondering if it's a very early Dolt creation.
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mongrel
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Apr 11, 2012 - 01:15am PT
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I have a bunch of those Dolt nuts at the bottom of a box somewhere - I'd cheerfully donate them to some collection. And I remember ogling those Cobra hooks in West Ridge, they were indeed things of incredibly beautiful design and workmanship. But one Dolt item I haven't seen mentioned here is his rurp. I have one of those too, at the bottom of a different box. That sounds like a lot more of a museum piece than any of those other pitons.
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WBraun
climber
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Apr 11, 2012 - 02:10am PT
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Don (mastadon)
Spray that rusty ass pin with Kano Aerokroil to bring it back to life .....
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Apr 11, 2012 - 03:24am PT
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Don,
Interesting taper.
The Dolt horizontal pitons can be dated somewhat by the style of logo on the eye, and by the anvil height (part of the piton which hammer hits while driving).
My guess is this (based on ads in Summit magazine):
1. Plain "DOLT" logo (low anvil): 1965?
2. DOLT with piton outline logo, "D" on other side (high anvil): 1968?
It looks like yours is the earlier style logo.
mongrel,
Marty Karabin has good photos of the Dolt "RURP" (Doltjack) models.
On the "Dolt Stories" thread:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=727870&msg=1001941#msg1001941
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mastadon
Trad climber
crack addict
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Apr 11, 2012 - 10:05am PT
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Werner-you actually know what Aerokroil is? Not too many people do. I've got a can that I guard jealously cause I can't get it anywhere around here. It works so well that I'm afraid to look at the contents. I'm sure it's not tofu...
I started to clean the pin up and you can see hammer indentations where Dolt hot-forged it. It may be another candidate for the Yos museum.
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WBraun
climber
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Apr 11, 2012 - 11:13am PT
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Don
You can get the stuff straight from the manufacturer.
http://www.kanolabs.com/
It's not sold in stores. It's industrial.
You can buy one from them and get any other of their product free or two for the price of one.
Bad ass stuff for sure ......
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