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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 22, 2008 - 12:29am PT
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[url="http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=792286#Post792286" target="new"]This guy[/url] has a bunch of old ice axe picks available. Maybe you could help identify the ones below aside from the early Hummingbirds. Bill Coe and I snagged the extra Forrest Mjollnir picks - let us know if you need one of those. But we could still use two of the Mjollnir tubular ice picks if anyone has extras of those and would like to sell or trade.
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Tarbuster
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Apr 22, 2008 - 12:38am PT
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Look how aggressive the teeth are on the picks on the upper left and lower right.
Seems like those would stick really bad (too well), hard to remove...
They might be from the Forrest Lifetime tools.
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Tarbuster
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Apr 22, 2008 - 12:57am PT
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It looks like the tube picks are Forrest as well:
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 22, 2008 - 01:00am PT
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Tar - you da man! He said one of them had a sticker on it that said "Lifetime Vector II".
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Tarbuster
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Apr 22, 2008 - 01:02am PT
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That ad really helps; if you look at the spare picks on the right side of the ad, you'll see all the pics in your original post appear to be Forrest...
... I guess I get the gear geek of the week award!
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 22, 2008 - 01:15am PT
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You definitely get gear geek of the week! And fast too.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 22, 2008 - 02:39pm PT
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Looks like a Lifetime of Lifetime!
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Tomcat
Trad climber
Chatham N.H.
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Apr 22, 2008 - 02:55pm PT
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The idea was that you weren't going to live that long....
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Jim E
climber
Mountain Road
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Apr 22, 2008 - 04:09pm PT
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Man, those Lifetime tools SUCKED!!! You had to have hands the size of Alaska just to get your fingers all the way around the handles. When my buddy accidentally left mine in a snowbank at the end of the day I was bummed about the $$ but psyched they were gone.
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Tarbuster
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Apr 22, 2008 - 04:20pm PT
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Nice sculpture, in a gaudy sort of way; too bad the chrome plating would peel off.
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Jim E
climber
Mountain Road
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Apr 22, 2008 - 04:29pm PT
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I think it's Rick Willcox that has a picture of himself with one on the summit of Everest. The adz was broken off. I hope he got it replaced.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Apr 22, 2008 - 04:53pm PT
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Didn't the Mjolnir win some sort of industrial design award, BITD? I think I've got one or two of those in the attic as well.
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Ed Bannister
Mountain climber
Riverside, CA
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Apr 22, 2008 - 05:35pm PT
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I think the picks in the upper left photo were
the Forrest "Vector"
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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Apr 22, 2008 - 05:51pm PT
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I use my Lifetime axe for chopping ice off the sidewalk. There are a few other museum pieces hanging in my garage.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
In the mountains... somewhere...
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Apr 22, 2008 - 06:04pm PT
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I have a set of Lifetimes sitting here in my gear room right now. They were the best, they were the worst. I still have bumps from hitting the ice with the backs of my fingers while climbing with those things, 25 years later!
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rockermike
Mountain climber
Berkeley
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Apr 22, 2008 - 09:23pm PT
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I've got a set of "lifetimes" exactly as in picture. They're going onto ebay soon. Anyone know what year that add was? I've guessed around 1980 but not sure.
yea about knuckle bashing. For the era the picks actually stuck pretty well (needed a little file work for easier removal), but they are too short and knuckles paid the price.
I've also got a Mjolnir, but it serves as both my wall hammer and third ice tool these days so no go.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 22, 2008 - 09:25pm PT
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Rockermike - let Bill or I know if you want other picks for your Mjollnir...
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Tarbuster
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Apr 22, 2008 - 09:44pm PT
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Rockermike:
The lifetime tools ad is from Climbing number 65 March/April 1981.
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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Apr 23, 2008 - 07:08pm PT
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I know 'ringtailedcat' still has his old bamboo shaft, Chouinard piolet.
How many people are still hanging onto one of those ?
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Ghoulwe
Trad climber
Spokane, WA
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Apr 23, 2008 - 07:37pm PT
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Chiloe:
The Forrest Mjollnir Hammer, received a design award and resided in the Smithsonian Institute. Not sure if it is still there. Bill was very proud of that achievement.
Eric
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