Vintage Ice Axe Wooden Handle Himalaya - Pickel Brand, With Wrist Loop
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:6957389 | Model: Kuno_Rainer |
| Custom Bundle: No | Modified Item: No |
| Type: Ice Axe | Country/Region of Manufacture: Austria |
| Brand: Himalaya_Pickel |
This is a vintage ice axe with wooden handle and steel axe and pick. The pick is serrated to better grip the ice for use in belaying or self-arrest. There is a wrist loop attached to the handle with ring and there is a bump stop on the handle to keep the loop from sliding off.
The axe is 37 1/2" tall. The pick extends 7 1/4 inch from the shaft and the axe extends 4 1/2". Its weight is 2.0 pounds.
This lettering appears: Made in Austria FRALLING HAMMERWERC FULPMES. The axe i...s believed to be circa 1960 in age.
This is a vintage item that was once used on glacier surveys in the High Sierra of Yosemite National Park and is still functional for doing the same so long as the dwindling ice masses last now that they are waning greatly. For more extreme use such as ice climbing, modern axes would be more useful.
As a nostalgic item this would fit well in an exhibit of mountaineering tools for a sporting goods store, climbing center, restaurant, museum, or as part of one's home wall décor, but it is still functional and will serve its original function.
Ships to U.S. addresses only.
The axe is 37 1/2" tall. The pick extends 7 1/4 inch from the shaft and the axe extends 4 1/2". Its weight is 2.0 pounds.
This lettering appears: Made in Austria FRALLING HAMMERWERC FULPMES. The axe i...s believed to be circa 1960 in age.
This is a vintage item that was once used on glacier surveys in the High Sierra of Yosemite National Park and is still functional for doing the same so long as the dwindling ice masses last now that they are waning greatly. For more extreme use such as ice climbing, modern axes would be more useful.
As a nostalgic item this would fit well in an exhibit of mountaineering tools for a sporting goods store, climbing center, restaurant, museum, or as part of one's home wall décor, but it is still functional and will serve its original function.
Ships to U.S. addresses only.
