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06-11-2019, 10:13 PM #1Registered User
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Vintage ice tools - what do I have?
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06-12-2019, 08:33 AM #2
I don't think Yvon Chouinard has put his name on stuff for a while. Leastways not on icetools. The wooden handle one is especially attractive. I owned that blue one about 20 yrs. ago.
Collectibles for someone, maybe post 'em up as wall pieces.
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06-12-2019, 10:44 AM #3
What do you have? Not too much.
Yeah the wood shaft piolets are valuable as wall hangers. I know a guy who still climbs with one each Summer. I think Chouinard stopped making climbing gear in the mid eighties. A friend of mine has one very similar to #4. It was made in Italy and is beautiful.
Every Jackson yard sale has a few ice axes for sale. It’s like getting a Texas Instruments calculator from a decades ago- pretty cool to play with, but modern technology has made sure it’s obsolete.
If they’re yours and you used them, they’re priceless.
Cocktail Trivia: Pretty sure Chouinard had to get out of the climbing business as someone didn’t put on a harness correctly and sued. That was the genesis of Black Diamond.
Edit for more info: the leather covers are pretty hard to find and if stamped with a logo can be valuable.
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06-12-2019, 11:43 AM #4
you have some old ice tools only valuable if you have history with them. If you are in Haines AK. stop in the gear shop there. They have a collection of old ice tools. Charlie Porter's homemade tools from the Moose's Tooth. Worth 20 minutes of your time on a down day.
off your knees Louie
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06-12-2019, 11:49 AM #5
I would say you could get better info on Supertopo but... However, a lot of those guys are on MP now. Might be worth posting over there to ask.
It sucks to suck.
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06-12-2019, 11:40 PM #6
The Chouinards and the hyper couloir aren't worth anything--they're technical ice tools that have been replaced by much better designs. The wood shafted Interalp looks like it's probably too long for mountaineering, and a ski pole or two would be more useful on lower angle snow. The REI looks like it would be a useful general mountaineering ax , might be worth a few bucks to someone. I've used a bamboo shafted 70cm Chouinard since the 70's. My son has a modern mountaineering ax but he wants the Chouinard. The design hasn't changed in that period of time.
I'm jealous of modern technical tools. I climbed vertical hard water ice with the Chouinard ax and a North Wall hammer but it wasn't easy. I saw a video of Chouinard climbing in Patagonia a few years ago with a couple of young guys Chouinard was still using Chouinard rigid strap on crampons. I forget the name of the movie--you all probably know it.
As far as whether the wood ax should be hung on the wall, I'd check with the Style and Leisure section of Skimag. Personally, I say no.
I left some space for rigid strap on jokes. ^^^^^
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06-13-2019, 12:38 AM #7
I don’t see a maul.
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06-13-2019, 08:44 AM #8Registered User
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I recognise the blue handled axe, I used one to clean out the pine needles from between deck boards ...worked great
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06-13-2019, 10:37 AM #9
Any Trotsky blood on the wooden handled pick?
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06-14-2019, 01:01 PM #10
I used to defrost my freezer with a Chouinard ice hammr.
Nah, they just found that ice ax, it's been in the news.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...er-mexico-city
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06-22-2019, 12:34 PM #11
People pay non-zero money for Chouinard tools & branded stuff on eBay as collectible or memorabilia. I guess that's overlooked by the "I'm so core my neighborhood has garage sales where people give away valuable stuff" crowd.
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06-24-2019, 12:18 AM #12
I'm going to give my son my Chouinard axe for xmas, and a couple of modern ice tools. (He gave his girlfriend Quarks last xmas.) He's in Boston. OK to pack that stuff in my carryon?
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06-24-2019, 07:06 AM #13
No. But send a note to @tsa just for fun.
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06-24-2019, 07:10 AM #14
They already answered it:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BHTA8l2h...d=rhkq2xvms06e
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06-26-2019, 10:23 AM #15
Who puts a meat tenderizer in their luggage--carry on or otherwise?
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