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eco-g
Social climber
Lyons, CO
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 24, 2013 - 06:50pm PT
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I've got an old ice axe, it's got engraved in it "MacInness Massey / Made in Great Britain / Patent Applied For"
It's got a steel shaft and it's pretty old and beat up. But stil...
I have no idea what it's worth or where I can sell it. Any ideas?
Any help would be much appreciated.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 24, 2013 - 07:01pm PT
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Depends a lot on the condition it is in.
Post some photos.
If it is in passable shape, I would love to work out a trade.
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eco-g
Social climber
Lyons, CO
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 24, 2013 - 07:44pm PT
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Not gonna be able to post pix until Wed... But will begin again then... Thanks!
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eco-g
Social climber
Lyons, CO
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 27, 2013 - 02:04pm PT
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Okay, here's the photos. The shaft is not rusty, that coloring is the leftovers from the tape glue... The other side is fine.
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eco-g
Social climber
Lyons, CO
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 27, 2013 - 02:06pm PT
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Woody the Beaver
Trad climber
Soldier, Idaho
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Mar 27, 2013 - 03:40pm PT
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The pick angle is a little retro, but the bowel spike is pretty advanced.
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Roots
Mountain climber
SoCal
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Mar 27, 2013 - 05:31pm PT
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A quick search provided this:
"The need for stronger, more reliable ice axes had existed for many years, since even the strongest wood has its limits in terms of strength, but as techniques advanced and more extreme climbing routes became commonplace as the post-war mountaineering boom continued, a number of incidents occured involving catastrophic wood-shafted axe failure that spurred renewed interest in devising stronger axes. Notably, pioneering work by Scottish climber and mountaineering search and rescue physician Dr. Hamish MacInnes, in cooperation with climbers Ben and Steven Massey, resulted in a wholly metal ice axe that featured a drop-forged head and ferule fitted to an alloy shaft. Thus, the so-called 'MacInnes/Massey' metal axe came into popular use and soon inspired a number of others to design and produce metal axes for climbing."
Seems to be late 60's or early 70's based on this as he goes on to say MSR Thunderbird came from this design.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 27, 2013 - 05:37pm PT
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I always assumed the MSR Thunderbird design was as a result of too much bottled Thunderbird.
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eco-g
Social climber
Lyons, CO
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 27, 2013 - 05:47pm PT
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Thanks for that last observation... UGH!
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Mar 27, 2013 - 06:25pm PT
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Aug 31, 2016 - 06:17am PT
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A [good] photo is generally a GUD idea...
An awesome birthday's present from Denis & David ;-)
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Aug 31, 2016 - 10:06am PT
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I recently picked one up too but not as pristine as yours maestro.
Happy birthday indeed!
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Aug 31, 2016 - 10:52am PT
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The MacInnes Massey "Patent Applied For" is an older model than the MacInnes Massey "British & Foreign Patent".
Here's another example of the later one. It has possibly been in military use (see signs on the head) and it was made in 1971.
More 1971:
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Steve, thank you very much for your kind wishes. I'm 61...!
61 is also the birth date of the Acorn... Forgive this nut using of numbers ;-)
Marlow, thank you for the information and date. Great!
And... I'm still not a Grandad yet... :-)
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Many happy returns maestro!
I'm sure that your little grandnuts will be showing up soon enough.
I have an early version of this axe to share shortly.
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